I do believe that if you continually go through a cycle of amnesty, that you undermine the respect for the law and encourage more illegal immigration into America. Jeff Sessions More Quotes by Jeff Sessions More Quotes From Jeff Sessions I don’t recall how that exactly occurred. Jeff Sessions politics It was a brilliant campaign in many ways.But it was a form of chaos every day from day one. We traveled all the time, sometimes to several places in one day. Sleep was in short supply. Jeff Sessions politics A merit-based system, by definition, would be safer than a lottery or even extended family-based immigration. Jeff Sessions politics Freedom of speech and thought on the American campus are under attack. Jeff Sessions top-news The executive branch, through DACA, deliberately sought to achieve what the legislative branch specifically refused to authorize on multiple occasions. Jeff Sessions latest-headlines I have to tell you Sen. King, I know nothing but what I've read in the paper, i've never received any detailed briefing on how hacking occurred or how information was alleged to have influenced the campaign. Jeff Sessions top-news I do hear concern in the recovery community on whether we going to go back into the days where drug use was seen as crime and not a disease. Jeff Sessions politics This policy is simply common sense and will help reduce crimes and drugs in our neighborhoods. Jeff Sessions top-news I never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. Jeff Sessions politics Congress is always slow—we are not behind on U.S. attorneys—they have, and always have been late summer, early fall, we are moving forward with some really great nominees—U.S. attorneys are critical law enforcement officers—they work with federal agencies, all the state agencies and they provide leadership and drive for those prosecutions—we need great U.S. attorneys. Jeff Sessions latest-headlines We're going to get it paid for one way or the other. Jeff Sessions top-news Attorney General Jeff Sessions criticized a federal judge’s ruling in Hawaii on Tuesday that blocked the Trump administration’s immigration ban. I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power. Jeff Sessions latest-headlines These are mostly Mexicans, and those kind of things add up. Four billion a year for 10 years is 40 billion. Jeff Sessions politics I don't expect the Mexican government to appropriate money for it, but there are ways that we can deal with our trade situation to create the revenue to pay for it. No doubt about it. Jeff Sessions politics Nothing's been done in the past eight years to to enforce the border rules and regulations, not to mention many of the immigration laws inside of the United States, this is all about securing and safeguarding the southwest border but at the same time -- and this is critical -- making sure the free flow of legal movement and people and commercial interest north and south happen. And we're dedicated to that. Jeff Sessions world That first recusal will be his decision, i know of no reason at this point than to expect anything other than we'll get a fair day in court. Jeff Sessions world I fully intend to defend General Kelly and his team for the work they have done, and we expect that any federal judge that hears it will hear it objectively and according to the law and the facts. Jeff Sessions world I wasn't criticizing the judge or the island. Jeff Sessions top-news We've got cases moving in the very, very liberal Ninth Circuit, who, they've been hostile to the order, we won a case in Virginia recently that was a nicely-written order that just demolished, I thought, all the arguments that some of the other people have been making. We are confident that the President will prevail on appeal and particularly in the Supreme Court, if not the Ninth Circuit. So this is a huge matter. I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and Constitutional power. Jeff Sessions top-news I think our President, having seen some of these really weird interpretations of the executive orders that he's put out, I think he's more understanding now that we need judges who follow the law, not make law, the judges don't get to psychoanalyze the President to see if the order he issues is lawful. It's either lawful or it's not. I think that it will be real important for America to have judges in the model of Judge (Neil) Gorsuch and (the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin) Scalia, people who serve under the law, under the Constitution, not above it, and they are faithful to the law. They honor it and don't try to remake it as they'd like it to be. Jeff Sessions top-news
