Jeff Sessions: “It is time for us to rise to the occasion and fix this situation.”

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.

What he decides to do over at the Justice Department will be independent of political considerations over at the White House.

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.

I think we ought to clarify it one way or the other so the public is out there not breaking Federal law.