Lawmakers respond to Trump’s firing of inspector generals, birthright citizenship, immigration

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President Trump’s whirlwind of a first week included him making good on several campaign promises as his cabinet picks were readily ushered into the new administration after this week’s Senate confirmation hearings.

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Tom Homan says he will ‘leave it up to Congress’ for deportation funding

BY LAUREN IRWIN

Tom Homan, President Trump’s new border czar, says he will “leave it up to Congress” regarding deportation funding.

Homan joined ABC’s “This Week," where he was questioned about the Trump administration’s broad immigration plan, including specifics about how they plan to fund the costly mass deportation idea.

“The Congress, I think the president has a mandate. This is the number one issue that people voted on,” Homan said. “And I think Congress has a mandate to give us money.”

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Lindsey Graham on Jan. 6 pardons: ‘I don’t like it’

BY SARAH FORTINSKY

Sen. Lindsey Graham said he doesn’t approve of President Trump’s pardoning of the Jan. 6 rioters, especially those who “beat up cops” who were defending the Capitol.

“No,” Graham said, when asked whether he’s okay with the most violent offenders on Jan. 6 getting pardoned, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I’ve always said that I think when you pardon people who attack police officers, you’re sending the wrong signal to the public at large, and that’s not what you want to do to protect cops,” Graham continued. “But he has that power.”

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JB Pritzker on immigration raids: ‘We need to get rid of violent criminals,’ not ‘law-abiding’ residents

BY SARAH FORTINSKY

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said he’s eager to cooperate with federal immigration officials to “get rid” of criminals but questioned the basis for targeting “law-abiding” residents integrated into communities.

“Let me start by being clear that when we’re talking about violent criminals who’ve been convicted and who are undocumented, we don’t want them in our state. We want them out of the country. We hope they do get deported, and if that’s who they’re picking up, we’re all for it,” Pritzker said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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Lindsey Graham defends purge of inspectors general, but says President Trump ‘should have’ told Congress first

BY SARAH FORTINSKY

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) defended President Trump’s decision to oust more than a dozen inspectors general in a late-night shake-up of the federal government.

He conceded, however, that Trump should have notified Congress of his decision 30 days before taking such action, as outlined by the law.

“Yeah, he should have done that,” Graham said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked about the law dictating notification of Congress 30 days before.

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Lindsey Graham says ‘a good chance’ Supreme Court sides with President Trump on birthright citizenship

BY LAUREN IRWIN

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he believes there is a “good chance” that the Supreme Court sides with President Trump on the issue of birthright citizenship.

Graham joined NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, where host Kristen Welker asked him about Trump’s executive order on citizenship, which a federal judge temporarily blocked.

“I think there’s a good chance,” Graham said of the Supreme Court taking up the case. “I introduced legislation to end birthright citizenship years ago.”

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