Kevin Bishop (864) 250-1417 or Lorcan Connick (202) 224-5972

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today issued the following statement in support of South Carolina's decision to sue the Obama Administration over President Obama's executive action on immigration.

"This overreach by President Obama is breathtaking, and every American should be unnerved by the implications of this decision. The executive action is unprecedented and tramples on the concept of constitutional checks and balances.

"I fully support Attorney General Wilson's efforts to challenge President Obama's executive order. The President does have prosecutorial discretion, but he does not have the power to confer legal status by executive fiat. It's one thing to delay or defer prosecutions. It's something else entirely to grant millions of people a legal status without going through Congress.

"Attorney General Wilson is absolutely right to go after this presidential overreach, and I will be supportive in every way possible."

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