Jeff Sessions: “I mean, you would rather have children of immigrants here that came…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017

I mean, you would rather have children of immigrants here that came lawfully rather than unlawfully.

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Republican · Alabama

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Sessions emphasizes the preference for lawful immigration to avoid problems.

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Jeff Sessions: “I mean, you would rather have children of immigrants here that came lawfully rather than unlawfully.”