Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions is President Donald Trump's Attorney General. He was previously a U.S. Senator from Alabama.
Jeff Sessions
Latest Fact-Checks Of Jeff Sessions
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An agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU caused "virtually all of the rise in homicides" in 2016.
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"One out of every 30 people in the Greater Boston area is an illegal alien."
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"Our courts find that 80 percent of those who do file for asylum aren’t qualified for it, do not merit that relief."
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A legal settlement that reined in Chicago police "resulted in approximately 236 additional victims killed and over 1,100 additional shootings in 2016 alone."
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"California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to…
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On rescinding Obama-era marijuana enforcement guidelines.
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In Milwaukee, "murder is up an astonishing 57 percent."
"The violent crime rate has risen, and the homicide rate has risen by more than 20 percent in just two years, really after 30 years…
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In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."
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Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."