the comprehensive bill was not a good piece of legislation, the American people agreed with that and it failed
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Sessions criticized the previous immigration reform bill's effectiveness.
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I've not so jokingly said, for years, Congress will pass anything on immigration, as long as it doesn't work.
I don't think that statement needs modifying, but it's obviously in context that the President of the United States clearly has a constitutional power to execute pardons.
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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.





