Senator Sessions led the opposition to the nomination of my fellow
Marylander Tom Perez to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil
Rights Division at the Department of Justice when President Obama
nominated him in 2009. At the time, Senator Sessions said:
I am also concerned Mr. Perez will not be committed to
fully enforcing our Nation's immigration laws, some I have
worked hard on. We need to create a lawful system of
immigration. . . . He previously served as the President of
the Board of CASA of Maryland, an immigrant advocacy
organization that has taken some extreme views and been
criticized by a number of people in the media. CASA of
Maryland issued a pamphlet instructing immigrants confronted
by the police to remain silent. CASA also promotes day labor
sites. This is where people, often without lawful status,
come and seek work . . . and [they] oppose restrictions on
illegal immigrants receiving drivers' licenses. He was
President of the Board. That was Senator Sessions' quote.
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