Jeff Sessions actually said...

"I see that the fact that no one was being prosecuted for this as a factor in a five-fold increase in four years in this kind of illegal immigration so, yes, hopefully people will get the message and c..."

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

"I see the fact that no one was being prosecuted for this as a factor in a fivefold increase in four years in this count of illegal immigration. So, yes, hopefully people will get the message."

"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."