Jeff Sessions: “I do not think, under the Budget Control Act, they will have to be cut that much, which is good news.”

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.

It hasn't been good, and the American people don't like the idea that we're separating families. We never really intended to do that.

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 believe that we are involved in a crisis in this country. We have been through one. I think January 6 was a very difficult time and a crisis.