WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly passed Sen. Lindsey Graham’s legislation Thursday to spend $3 billion in emergency funds on fortifying the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Senate voted 89-1 for Graham’s amendment to a $37.6 billion appropriations bill for the Homeland Security Department.

“Three billion dollars is serious money to be used in a serious way to regain operational control of the border,” Graham said in an interview after the vote. “The vote was overwhelming because everybody agrees that the broken borders we have today are not in our national security interests.”

Graham’s amendment would provide full funding for 700 miles of fencing on the southern border, hiring 23,000 more Customs and Border Patrol agents and building detention facilities to hold an additional 45,000 illegal immigrants.

The State

Interesting.  Perhaps Grahamnesty is finally feeling the heat from the folks back home.