WASHINGTON (AP) – A Republican senator from South Carolina is proposing to make it more difficult for Americans to obtain asylum in the United States. He urges President Donald Trump to conclude an agreement on immigration with Democrats that would include this idea.
Senator Lindsey Graham's plan to put an end to a recent wave of immigrant asylum seekers on the southwestern border would make the US a less attractive destination. He says the wall proposed by Trump would not solve the problem and his plan would "shut off the tap".
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US President Donald Trump (right) jokes with US Senator Chuck Grassley (left) that he loves Senator Lindsey Graham (left) R-SC at a meeting with Republican members of the Senate about immigration to the White House in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should match JIM WATSON / AFP / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 04: (AFP OUT) US President Donald Trump (3rd L) speaks as (LR) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Thom Tillis (R -NC) listen at a meeting in the Roosevelt Hall of the White House on January 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump met with Republican members of the Senate to discuss immigration. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) scratches her brow in front of President Donald Trump at an event bringing together Republican lawmakers to mark the passing of the extensive White House tax revision legislation at the White House. Washington, USA, December 20, 2017. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst
US Senator Lindsey Graham joins US President Donald Trump for a meeting with some of his Republican Senate colleagues at the White House in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2017. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst
US Senator Lindsey Graham joins US President Donald Trump for a meeting with some of his Republican Senate colleagues at the White House in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2017. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst
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Graham recognizes that Democrats would demand something in return. He says that if their demands are reasonable and Trump rejects them, "he will accept this problem".
Graham would allow the United States to detain migrant families for much longer and require Central Americans to apply for asylum in their home country and not at the border.
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