That is not
what the Attorney General should be doing. Based on his record, Senator Sessions would work with the Trump
administration to further restrict the right to vote and roll back the
clock on this cherished civil right, which is protected by our
Constitution. On the issue of immigration, Senator Sessions has a long record where
he has fought against bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform in
the Senate. He led the efforts in 2007 and in 2013 to defeat bipartisan
legislation in the Senate. He used the untruthful ``amnesty'' tag to
describe the tough-but-fair pathway to citizenship in this legislation,
which passed by a 68-to-32 vote in 2013. He has opposed relief for the
DREAMers and has opposed the Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals--
DACA--program. He supported anti-immigration State laws in Arizona and
elsewhere that the Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional. During the Presidential campaign, Mr. Trump issued a press release
``calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the
United States.'' Several days later, Senator Leahy offered a resolution
in the Judiciary Committee that stated, ``It is the sense of the Senate
that the United States must not bar individuals from entering the
United States based on their religion, as such action would be contrary
to the fundamental principles of which this nation was founded.'' The
vote was 16 to 4 in favor of the Leahy resolution.
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