{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=BF04436C-1269-481C-BCB8-992C0FD21F49", "Graham: Where is the Commander in Chief When it Comes to the Border Crisis?", "2022-12-21", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", "graham", "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) joined Jesse Watters on Fox News Channel to discuss the crisis on the southern border, including the expiration of a Biden Administration policy, known as Title 42, to prevent illegal immigrants from being deported due to public health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nGRAHAM:\u201c\u2026We went from the lowest illegal crossings when Trump was president to the highest of all time.\u201d https://youtu.be/mC8tjz6zXbM?t=17\n\nGRAHAM:\u201cI am calling on President Biden tonight to reinstate Title 42 by executive action. That\u2019s one thing to do. Number two, I\u2019ll introduce a bill. You get behind it President Biden and we\u2019ll get 80 votes in the Senate to make it a statute.\u201d https://youtu.be/mC8tjz6zXbM?t=39\n\nGRAHAM: \u201c[Biden] is choosing to allow Title 42 authority to go away. He is choosing to allow the number of illegal immigrants to come into our country to double. He is choosing that.\u201d https://youtu.be/mC8tjz6zXbM?t=56\n\nGRAHAM:\u201cIf you want to look at a humanitarian nightmare, go to our border. I can\u2019t believe the President of the United States has not visited the border. He is the Commander in Chief. You\u2019ve got the Governor of California, a Democrat, who went to the border and said if we repeal Title 42, you\u2019ll destroy California. You have the mayor of New York City, a Democrat, suggesting that if Title 42 is changed, it will overwhelm New York City.\u201d https://youtu.be/mC8tjz6zXbM?t=94\n\nGRAHAM:\u201cEl Paso has declared a state of emergency. Fourteen thousand pounds of fentanyl have come across this broken border. The border is not open, it\u2019s been obliterated by the policies of Biden. He has surrendered the border. Where is the Commander in Chief when it comes to this crisis?\u201d https://youtu.be/mC8tjz6zXbM?t=121\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cTitle 42 authority allows the United States to deport people [in the country illegally] based on a COVID problem without a whole lot of delay. It is a tool that actually works. There are thousands of people waiting for it to expire. We are going to double the number of illegal immigrants literally in about 48 hours because people are waiting for Title 42 to go away. The President of the United States could by the stroke of a pen keep the policy in place or he could ask Congress to pass a law to reinstate Title 42. He is choosing not to do this. He is choosing to allow illegal immigration to double in 48 hours.\u201d https://youtu.be/mC8tjz6zXbM?t=169\n\nWatch Full Interview Here\n\n#####\n\nClick play to view the video or follow this link\n\nhttps://youtu.be/mC8tjz6zXbM", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:06Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=BF04436C-1269-481C-BCB8-992C0FD21F49"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8445330895483494, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}