Biden should ‘hope’ and ‘pray’ for presidential immunity over ‘reckless’ border policy: Lindsey Graham

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested President Joe Biden could be prosecuted for his handling of the border crisis.

In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Graham was asked about Democrats' attacks on the Supreme Court and the possibility of the Senate stepping in to enforce an ethics code on the high court. The South Carolina Republican said Democrats are only attacking the Supreme Court to cover for Biden's record and suggested that he could be prosecuted over his handling of the border.

"When it comes to enforcing the law, Joe Biden has been beyond reckless," he said. "He's taking a parole statute that's limited in nature and has given a million people parole when, on average, Trump['s] ... administration gave 5,600 people parole. Laken Riley's murderer was paroled because they had a lack of capacity in El Paso. They let him out under the parole statute because they were full. There's nothing in the statute that says you can go because you're full, and he killed this lady."

Turning former President Donald Trump 's seeking of presidential immunity for other crimes on its head, Graham suggested that it was better for Biden for presidential immunity to be affirmed by the high court.

"All of these women who've been raped and murdered have one thing in common — the people that killed them, raped them, and murdered them were in our custody and let go — I think, illegally so," he continued. "Joe Biden better hope and pray there's presidential immunity because when he allowed the killer of Laken Riley to be released on parole because of lack of capacity, I think he's subject not only to the lawsuit but criminal prosecution if there's not presidential immunity."

In a statement to the Washington Examiner, the Biden campaign hit back by accusing Republicans and Trump of sabotaging border legislation.

“Donald Trump blocked the toughest border security deal in decades for what he has admitted are political reasons," a campaign spokeswoman said. "By siding with fentanyl traffickers and smugglers over the Border Patrol union, he’s blocking us from hiring thousands of Border Patrol and ICE personnel and blocking us from having fentanyl detection machines at the border. This comes after violent crime skyrocketed under Donald Trump, and Joe Biden brought it to a 50-year low by investing in law enforcement."

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"Our hearts go out to those who have lost, which is why we’re fighting to pass the tough border security deal. Donald Trump should stop endangering American communities out of political selfishness,” she added.

Talks of presidential immunity have mainly been focused on Trump, with a decision from the Supreme Court about whether he is protected by presidential immunity for alleged crimes pending.