{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D2854CD8-E388-460B-9FBA-1861CFB4C282", "ICYMI: At the White House, Graham Stands Firm on Push to Abolish Sanctuary Cities", "2026-02-04", "2026", "2026-02", "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) yesterday stood with President Trump in the Oval Office and called for an end to sanctuary cities during the signing ceremony for the third Fiscal Year (FY26) appropriations package.\n\nSenator Graham has maintained that the underlying cause of illegal immigration and the unrest surrounding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids is sanctuary city policies. To root out this problem, the senator has introduced legislation that would abolish the practices of sanctuary states and cities once and for all by holding state and local officials accountable for defying federal immigration law.\n\nOn the consequences of sanctuary city policies:\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cThese magnets of illegal immigration have to go. There is no upside to sanctuary cities unless you are a complete radical nutjob. The cops hate it. [There is massive] fraud around sanctuary cities. And you\u2019re going to get more illegal immigration.\u201d https://youtu.be/QG0mNoF-13w?si=0tw-eDAc42OU63Ck&t=61\n\nAs Congress considers funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Democrats have refused to fund the department and its agencies unless Republicans agree to their radical demands. One of their reforms is to require ICE to obtain judicial warrants \u2013 as opposed to administrative warrants \u2013 to deport illegal immigrants. This proposal would massively impede ICE\u2019s ability to swiftly carry out President Trump\u2019s agenda.\n\nOn the brewing debate over DHS funding and immigration enforcement:\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cIf you want a debate on how to solve this problem, show up next week. I\u2019m going to take President Trump's idea that it\u2019s time to end the insane policy of sanctuary cities. We\u2019re going to take it to the floor and we\u2019re going to vote. And people in November are going to get to see who they trust to keep the border secure: Schumer or Trump. I\u2019m with Trump.\u201d https://youtu.be/QG0mNoF-13w?si=XoOOfOpMBHzm1eC9&t=92\n\nOn Democrats\u2019 demand to ban the use of administrative warrants by ICE:\n\nGRAHAM: \u201cIf we have to get a search warrant to get 15 million people out, Schumer\u2019s telling me he doesn\u2019t want them out. It's the most ridiculous idea.\u201d https://youtu.be/QG0mNoF-13w?si=-Kgs5rQByBmtA_52&t=4\n\nSenator Graham also underscored the reason ICE has been deployed to various states and cities stems from the Biden Administration\u2019s policies that allowed millions of illegal immigrants to pour into the country. Graham chastised the media for neglecting to report on the victims of Biden\u2019s open border, and he urged President Trump to stand strong on immigration enforcement.\n\nOn the failures of the Biden Administration\u2019s immigration policies:\n\nGRAHAM: \u201c[The media is] playing like Biden didn\u2019t exist. Y\u2019all won\u2019t tell the American people about Laken Riley. It's a one-sided debate. For four years our border was obliterated. [The Biden Administration] let them come in by the tens of millions, and they want to go back that way. We\u2019re not going. So, Mr. President stick to your guns.\u201d https://youtu.be/QG0mNoF-13w?si=Vk6xf83oF7pJMnH8&t=25\n\nClick here to watch Graham\u2019s full remarks\n\n####\n\nClick play to view the video or follow this link\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG0mNoF-13w", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T17:26:08Z"]], "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=D2854CD8-E388-460B-9FBA-1861CFB4C282"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8736150339245796, "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"}