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Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared "a new era" in immigration enforcement on Tuesday, saying his prosecutors will try to bring stiffer criminal charges against repeat illegal immigrants and smugglers as part of President Trump's crackdown.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered a review Monday of all police reform agreements and investigations initiated by the Justice Department, part of an effort to cut back on federal oversight of local law enforcement.
Read More →In his first speech as attorney general, Mr. Sessions did not name any specific cities, but he indicated that Justice Department scrutiny from afar was undermining the effectiveness of the police across the country.
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New U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has questioned reports published by his agency about policing in Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri, describing "some of it" as "pretty anecdotal and not so scientifically based."
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President Donald Trump signed a trio of executive actions on Wednesday directing the Department of Justice to intensify its effort to fight drug-related crime and violence against police officers.
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general. Sessions, a four-term U.S. senator, was the first senator to endorse Trump in February 2016.
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Law enforcement groups view Sessions, who appeared before the Senate in a confirmation hearing Tuesday, as someone who will bring a "police-first" mentality to Justice that they say was absent during President Obama's eight years in office.
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