The American people concluded rightly, I believe, last time that we were proposing a legalization scheme for people who were here illegally ... was wrong and I don't think it would have worked.
Jeff Sessions: “The American people concluded rightly, I believe, last time that we were proposing a legalization scheme for people who…”
On the recordOctober 7, 2009
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Critiquing past immigration proposals and expressing public discontent.
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