Tag: Jeff Sessions

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions slammed the Obama administration Wednesday on the Senate floor for releasing 36,007 criminal immigrants being processed for deportation into the U.S. last year. “These are serious crimes, and criminals, if you’ll recall and kept up with

With less than 48 hours before polls open for the Republican Senate primary in Nebraska, immigration has emerged as an issue of newfound importance in the race after former State Treasurer Shane Osborn signed a pledge from an anti-amnesty group

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security proposed immigration rule changes that would allow the spouses of foreigners who have H1-B work visas to also obtain jobs.  As The Hill noted, under the current rules, “highly skilled foreign

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), as Breitbart News reported, let the cat out of the bag last year when he said amnesty advocates would make a final push for comprehensive immigration reform legislation once Republicans were clear of primaries in the

On Thursday Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) blasted Senate Democrats for their hypocritical “fair shot for everyone” campaign to raise the minimum wage after passing massive amnesty legislation that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office determined would actually lower the wages of

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said on Thursday that it would be “corrosive” to the House of Representatives if Republicans joined with Democrats to ram through amnesty legislation. Appearing on Bill Bennett’s radio show, Sessions said there are too many rumors

Saying his victory “would send a shockwave through the incumbent class,” Talk radio host Laura Ingraham endorsed state senator Chris McDaniel Tuesday in his bid against incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran, citing his early adoption of a new anti-amnesty pledge. Monday,

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is blasting President Barack Obama’s reported plans to circumvent federal drug laws, calling it an abuse of power and an end run around the Constitution’s separation of powers. Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have long

In light of a report that found that America’s middle class is no longer the world’s richest, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who has been a relentless champion for the American worker in the immigration debate, blasted President Barack Obama and

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Friday that House Speaker John Boehner’s comments that he is “hellbent” on granting amnesty to illegal aliens in 2014 could destroy the GOP’s chances of winning American voters. “A weary public

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) now projects that by the end of the budget window in 2024, interest payments on the U.S. debt will quadruple, reaching a stratospheric $880 billion a year. According to Senate Budget Chairman Jeff Sessions (R-AL),

Fully 98 percent of individuals deported from the United States in 2013 were either criminals, apprehended while illegally crossing the border, or had been previously deported, according to a new analysis from Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said there was a consensus in the GOP for “serious immigration reform” in an interview with Politico about the one-year anniversary of the RNC’s controversial 2012 “autopsy” report that said the party “must embrace

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who has been a staunch supporter of American workers and against amnesty, argued that Republicans can frame Democrats as the party that favors elites at the expense of working Americans only if they make a clean

Phyllis Schlafly, conservative icon and founder of the influential Eagle Forum, praised Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as a “hero” for being one of the few lawmakers in Congress who understands the devastating impact amnesty legislation would have on American workers. 

Though President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his $3.9 trillion budget was designed with the interests of America’s future generations in mind, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee, said it was an irresponsible one

Nationally syndicated conservative radio host Laura Ingraham said on Monday morning Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) should run for president.  Ingraham’s comments came after she played segments of Sessions’ keynote address, given at the Tea Party Patriots’ five-year

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said the Tea Party movement is essential to moving the country back in the right direction during his keynote address to the Tea Party Patriots fifth anniversary conference at a dinner at

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, began laying the groundwork for a major new populist economic strategy at a hearing today, including a “welfare-to-work” program that would strive to place unemployed Americans in the