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On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
I do not believe we can afford nor should we undertake to provide free lawyers for everybody that enters the country unlawfully.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions argues against providing free legal representation for all unlawful entrants.

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