Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
Certainly you are correct that that cohort of individuals should not be targeted and given priority anything like that which should be given to criminals and people who have had other difficulties in the United States.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions acknowledges that DREAMers should not be prioritized for deportation over criminals.

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