Jeff Sessions: “The sequester is in law, signed by the President, voted for by Congress.”

I cannot agree to that. I cannot accept having our officers placed at that kind of risk.

In Nazi Germany, they were keeping the Jews from leaving the country. But this is a serious matter. We need to think it through, be rational and thoughtful about it.

Do you believe that you would come under political pressure from leading Democrats on this committee who want you to arrest 500 more people?

I see the fact that no one was being prosecuted for this as a factor in a fivefold increase in four years in this count of illegal immigration. So, yes, hopefully people will get the message.