I am part of a grassroots immigration group that lobbies on the Hill. After almost 8 years of doing this, I am very familiar with all the players on the issue as well as the groups on our side like NumbersUSA, FAIR, CIS, etc. Jeff Sessions and Steve King have been central to this fight for a long time including defeating the amnesty bills of 2006 and 2007. It is just a fact.
You can try to bash Jeff Sessions all you want. He is a great man and worthy of the respect of all conservatives. He is the one who has laid out the path for a new direction for the GOP. Both parties have abandoned the American worker.
I see you did not answer the question as to why Sessions voted for Holder and took pains to ensure he praised him as well.
Now we are cursed with a AG still in office that is the first one under House contempt in our history.
As I said, no way would Cruz do something like that.