I was fooled. I thought Sessions was bright, driven, and conservative.
Turns out he is none of those things.
Or, he’s all of those things but just past his prime and not well suited for the job of attorney general.
He was better in the Senate...and if still there, we might have a better AG (and deputy AG) plus would still have that Senate seat.
He has a very conservative voting record during his time in the senate and he is a good man.
“Chain Migration & Visa Lottery
Voted on Senate floor against amendment to expand chain migration in 2007 Sen. Sessions voted against the Clinton Amendment (SA 1183) to S. 1348. The Clinton Amendment would significantly increase legal immigration by adding an unlimited number of spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents to the uncapped immediate relative category that currently is for the spouses, minor children and parents of U.S. citizens only. The spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents currently are allocated some 87,000 visas each year. The Clinton Amendment failed by a vote of 44 to 53.
Voted on Senate floor against amendment to increase chain migration in 2007 Sen. Sessions voted against the Menendez Amedment (SA 1194) to S. 1395. The Menedez Amendment would not only increase near-term legal immigration by more than 100,000 each year, it would remove even the façade that the bill would end chain migration. Specifically, it would change the cut-off date for reducing the “backlog” of family-sponsored immigration applicants from May 1, 2005, to January 1, 2007, the same date by which illegal aliens must have been unlawfully present in the United States in order to receive amnesty under this bill. It also adds 110,000 green cards a year for adult children and sibling backlog reduction. The Menedez Amendment failed by a vote of 53 to 44.
Voted on Senate floor against amendment to increase chain migration in 2007 Sen. Sessions voted against the Akaka Amendment (SA 1186) to S. 1387 The Akaka Amendment would exempt children of Filipino World War II veterans naturalized pursuant to the Immigration Act of 1990 from numerical limits on worldwide immigration. This additional exemption from caps on visa issuance would serve only to increase the flow of immigration into the United States.The Akaka Amendment passed by a vote of 97 to 9.
2015: Voted against the FY2016 Omnibus Spending bill to increase foreign workers and refugees Rep. Sessions voted against H.R. 2029, the Omnibus Spending bill for 2016. This legislation would increase the number of H-2B low-skilled, non-agricultural guest worker visas issued in 2016 from 66,000 to 264,000. It also increased funding for refugee resettlement to allow for an increase of 10,000 refugees in 2016.