Sen. Graham Concerned Rubio May Abandon Immigration Reform

FILE – In this Dec. 21, 2012, file photo Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington about the investigation of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) expressed concern Monday that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) may be walking away from immigration reform legislation that the two lawmakers spent months hammering out with the support of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” in the Senate.

“How do we put together a bill and then the guy who put it together says that he may not vote for it?” Graham told the Huffington Post. “I just don’t get what we’re doing here.”

Rubio has said that border security provisions in the immigration reform bill are not strong enough and has threatened to vote against the legislation if amendments fortifying border security aren’t adopted.

Graham said in an appearance on NBC Sunday that the Republican Party will begin a demographic “death spiral” if it doesn’t court the Hispanic community and pass comprehensive immigration reform.

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