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Ilyce Shugall have an obligation to decide cases efficiently and to keep our federal laws functioning effectively, fairly and consistently.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We shouldn't automatically assume the economy is going to go south just because the houses are controlled by different parties, when you have houses controlled by different parties they actually have to compromise a bit if they're going to get anything done, and this tends to sometimes be positive.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Asylum was never meant to alleviate all problems, even all serious problems, that people face every day all over the world.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This is a law-and-order administration, we will not tolerate such lawlessness, especially not political violence.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
But the census question -- which has appeared in one form or another on the census for over a hundred years -- is either legal or illegal. The words on the page don't have a motive ; they are either permitted or they are not, but the judge has decided to hold a trial over the inner workings of a cabinet secretary's mind.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
In the first 175 years of this Republic, not a single judge issued one of these orders, but they have been growing in frequency and, since President Trump took office less than two years ago, 27 district courts have issued such an order.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
But they have been growing in frequency and, since President Trump took office less than two years ago, 27 district courts have issued such an order.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
They are about being far from my mom, my mom was far, in another place. My mind was so frustrated that sometimes I still think that I'm there. Sometimes I sit in one spot and I start to visualize everything that I lived, everything that happened to me.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
When I spoke to Alliance Defending Freedom last year, I learned that Southern Poverty Law Center had classified ADF as a' hate group,' they have used this designation as a weapon and they have wielded it against conservative organizations that refuse to accept their orthodoxy.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
More than 100,000 people tweeted about it. It was the third most tweeted-about topic on Earth at one point that day, late-night comedians joked about it. ... Some of them were pretty funny -- have to admit.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We can weaken these networks, reduce fentanyl availability, andsave lives.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Think about that: Police may be forced to release pedophiles, rapists, murderers, drug dealers and arsonists back into communities where they had no right to be in the first place, they should, according to law and common sense, be processed and deported.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
You can't just let anybody in. You have to let people in who are really fleeing danger, and you also have to keep out people who are dangerous, but you can't just say to people who are fleeing danger that they can't come in.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
To end the lawlessness and move to the virtuous cycle, we have to be very productive. Volume is critical, let's be clear : We have a goal, and the goal -- and that goal is to end the lawlessness that now exists in our immigration system.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We are doing the right thing. We are taking care of these children. They are not being abused.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Word got out about this loophole, with predictable results, the number of aliens illegally crossing with children between our ports of entry went from 14,000 to 75,000 — that’s a five-fold increase — in just the last four years.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
They're not put in jail, of course. They're taken care of.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We're not going to be defensive. We're going to confront any problems and we're going to deal with them one by one in a proper, fair and appropriate way.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Philadelphia is not giving sanctuary to Americans but to foreign criminals, if they reach Philadelphia, they are home free. It is a de facto open borders policy.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Fraudsters can rob people of their life's savings in a matter of minutes, these are malicious and morally repugnant crimes.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We now know that we have someone in the White House who could lead the Ku Klux Klan, if this President is not racist, then I don't know who is.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Too often, religious schools and their students face discrimination, some local officials even try to keep them out of their backyard by abusing zoning laws.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In recent years, the cultural climate has become less hospitable to people of faith and to religious belief. Many Americans have felt that their freedom to practice their faith has been under attack.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Under the laws of this country, government can not discriminate against people based on their religion -- not in law enforcement, not in grant-making, not in hiring and not in local zoning laws.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I'm confident that Deputy Rosenstein, 28 years in the Department of Justice, did not improperly threaten anyone on that occasion, but we do believe that we have tried to be cooperative with them and made progress ... in fact have had some good relationships with top members of Congress.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
In my judgment, this will be a correct interpretation of the law, it advances the original intent and purpose of the INA, and it will be your duty, of course, to carry that out.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Let's be clear : We have a goal. And that goal is to end the lawlessness that now exists in our immigration system, the American people have spoken. The American people have spoken in our laws and The American people have spoken in our elections. The American people want a safe, secure border and a lawful system of immigration that actually works and serves the national interest. Thank you for what you do, let's deliver this for The American people.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Congress has passed several statutes that provide the Department with the ability to seek capital punishment for certain drug-related crimes, i strongly encourage federal prosecutors to use these statutes, when appropriate, to aid in our continuing fight against drug trafficking and the destruction it causes in our nation.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We want to send a message to the world that if you want to come to America, make your application and wait your turn, we believe every person that enters the country illegally like that should be prosecuted.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We believe every person that enters the country illegally like that should be prosecuted.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Those are within the ambit of Homeland Security and the Health and Human Services. But I believe for the most part they’re well taken care of.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We've already begun to step up our efforts and whenever a case can be made, we will seek to put some people in jail.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Zach Terwilliger has a strong record that any prosecutor would be proud of, he rose through the ranks in the Eastern District of Virginia, from summer intern to Assistant United States Attorney.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Justice Department official Zachary Terwilliger has a strong record that any prosecutor would be proud of, justice Department official Zachary Terwilliger rose through the ranks in the Eastern District of Virginia, from summer intern to Assistant United States Attorney who made a name for Justice Department official Zachary Terwilliger successfully prosecuting MS-13 members, Bloods members, and firearm offenders and putting them behind bars.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
If we do our duty to prosecute most cases, then children inevitably for a period of time might be held.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If you try to deceive the United States, then you will pay a heavy price.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I will not be able to describe on any matters, the parameters of matters that might be under investigation, the subjects of any investigation, because it's an ongoing investigation, and I'm not at liberty to discuss it, and it's the policy of the department that on delineating or talking about recusals, in fact, does reveal that and you shouldn't talk about it publicly.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Attorney General Jeff Sessions stands up for Rosenstein - WSJ :.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It is the policy of the Department of Justice that those who have recused themselves not state the details of [the recusal] or confirm the existence of an investigation, or the scope or nature of the investigation, so, I feel like by following the rules of the Department, which I am teaching all of our people to do, I cannot answer that question.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The best answer for me is that I should not announce that. Recusals are not made public, but internally binding, i can assure you I have not violated my recusal.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Sen. Leahy, I am honoring the recusal in every case, in every matter that comes before the Department of Justice. I have honored that, and will continue to honor that.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We are strong, prosperous and an orderly nation, and such a nation must have a lawful system of immigration.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
City-states and counties that knowingly, willfully and purposefully release criminal aliens back into their communities are sacrificing the lives and safety of American citizens, law enforcement officers in pursuit of an extreme open borders policy.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Mr. Huber is conducting his work from outside the Washington D.C. area and in cooperation with the Inspector General.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I receive regular updates from Mr. Huber and upon the conclusion of his review, will receive his recommendations as to whether any matters not currently under investigation should be opened, whether any matters currently under investigation require further resources, or whether any matters merit the appointment of a Special Counsel.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Since the day he took office, President Trump has had no higher priority than the safety of each and every American, that is why today the Department of Justice is publishing for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would define ‘machine gun’ to include bump stock-type devices under federal law – effectively banning them.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It cannot be the policy of a great nation to reward those who unlawfully enter its country with legal status, Social Security, welfare, food stamps, and work permits and so forth, how can this be a sound policy?
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
But California, we have a problem, a series of actions and events have occurred here that directly and adversely impact the work of our federal officers.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We wanted a healthy and good relationship with [ California ], but federal law determines immigration policy, he said.The state of California is not entitled to block that activity. Somebody needs to stand up and say no, Jeff Sessions’ve gone too far, Jeff Sessions can not do this, this is not reasonable. It’s radical, really.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I think President Trump moves the ball. President Trump can get things done that I ’m not sure any other person in America could get done.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The Department of Justice and the Trump administration are going to fight these unjust, unfair and unconstitutional policies that have been imposed on you, we are fighting to make your jobs safer and to help you reduce crime in America. And I believe that we are going to win.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We believe the Department of Justice must adhere to the high standards in the FISA court, yes it will be investigated. And I think that's just the appropriate thing the inspector general will take that as one of the matters he'll deal with.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I will forward to appropriate DOJ components all information I receive from Congress regarding this. I am determined that we will fully and fairly ascertain the truth, we work for the American people and are accountable to them and those they have elected. We will meet that responsibility.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It is improper for the IRS to single out groups for different treatment based on their names or ideological positions.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
With care -- we’ve gotta be careful -- and professionalism, we plan to develop policies to increase forfeitures.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The fact that Attorney General Sessions is going all-in on this really is offensive to a lot of us who have been trying to reform this situation.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We will leave no stone unturned to confirm with certainty why these text messages are not now available to be produced and will use every technology available to determine whether the missing messages are recoverable from another source.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I continue to urge all jurisdictions under review to reconsider policies that place the safety of their communities and their residents at risk, protecting criminal aliens from federal immigration authorities defies common sense and undermines the rule of law.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Protecting criminal aliens from federal immigration authorities defies common sense and undermines the rule of law.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We have seen too many examples of the threat to public safety represented by jurisdictions that actively thwart the federal government’s immigration enforcement—enough is enough.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We will leave no stone unturned to confirm with certainty why these text messages are not now available to be produced and will use every technology available to determine whether the missing messages are recoverable from another source, if we are successful, we will update the congressional committees immediately.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The IRS’s use of these criteria as a basis for heightened scrutiny was wrong and should have never occurred, it is improper for the IRS to single out groups for different treatment based on their names or ideological positions.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store. And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana – so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful, our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store. And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana – so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The discovery order in the DACA cases was dramatically intrusive and premature, and I am pleased with tonight’s decision that the district court’s order was ‘overly broad,’.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Violent crime has been increasing here in America and in Charlotte—and that is deeply troubling, in Pittsburgh, it’s even higher.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
This operation—with more than 600 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers involved—serves as a wonderful example of what we can achieve we work together.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I have directed that all 94 US Attorneys’ Offices make the prosecution of assault on federal law enforcement officers—that’s all of you—a top priority. If someone dares assault one of our folks in the line of duty, they will do federal time for it.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
When jurisdictions choose to return criminal aliens to the streets rather than turning them over to federal immigration authorities, they put the public’s safety at risk. San Francisco’s decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of Kate Steinle, while the State of California sought a murder charge for the man who caused Ms. Steinle’s death—a man who would not have been on the streets of San Francisco if the city simply honored an ICE detainer—the people ultimately convicted him of felon in possession of a firearm.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
President Trump promised voters he would return this country to a lawful system of immigration, and this Justice Department is committed to fulfilling that promise by rooting out fraud and abuse, we will not tolerate fraud at any level, and will bring those who engage in fraud to justice.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The president was right to issue his order [the travel ban], he has a legal right to take this action.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Committing fraud in any immigration matter undermines the integrity of our immigration system, and is a betrayal of the American people’s generosity, it is especially appalling when it also involves the sexual abuse of children.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The Department of Justice has a duty to prosecute these crimes vigorously, particularly so for individuals who commit fraud in the naturalization process.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The IRS’s use of these criteria as a basis for heightened scrutiny was wrong and should never have occurred, it is improper for the IRS to single out groups for different treatment based on their names or ideological positions.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I certainly didn’t mean I had never met a Russian in the history of my life, my response was according to the way I heard the question.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I’m not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I didn’t have – did not have communications with the Russians, and I’m unable to comment on it.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after Election Day?
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I don’t think so, i would say in defense of Attorney General Lynch, that I have a pseudonym also.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It was a brilliant campaign in many ways.But it was a form of chaos every day from day one. We traveled all the time, sometimes to several places in one day. Sleep was in short supply.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
A merit-based system, by definition, would be safer than a lottery or even extended family-based immigration.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Freedom of speech and thought on the American campus are under attack.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The executive branch, through DACA, deliberately sought to achieve what the legislative branch specifically refused to authorize on multiple occasions.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I have to tell you Sen. King, I know nothing but what I've read in the paper, i've never received any detailed briefing on how hacking occurred or how information was alleged to have influenced the campaign.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I do hear concern in the recovery community on whether we going to go back into the days where drug use was seen as crime and not a disease.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This policy is simply common sense and will help reduce crimes and drugs in our neighborhoods.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Congress is always slow—we are not behind on U.S. attorneys—they have, and always have been late summer, early fall, we are moving forward with some really great nominees—U.S. attorneys are critical law enforcement officers—they work with federal agencies, all the state agencies and they provide leadership and drive for those prosecutions—we need great U.S. attorneys.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Attorney General Jeff Sessions criticized a federal judge’s ruling in Hawaii on Tuesday that blocked the Trump administration’s immigration ban. I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
These are mostly Mexicans, and those kind of things add up. Four billion a year for 10 years is 40 billion.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I don't expect the Mexican government to appropriate money for it, but there are ways that we can deal with our trade situation to create the revenue to pay for it. No doubt about it.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Nothing's been done in the past eight years to to enforce the border rules and regulations, not to mention many of the immigration laws inside of the United States, this is all about securing and safeguarding the southwest border but at the same time -- and this is critical -- making sure the free flow of legal movement and people and commercial interest north and south happen. And we're dedicated to that.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
That first recusal will be his decision, i know of no reason at this point than to expect anything other than we'll get a fair day in court.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I fully intend to defend General Kelly and his team for the work they have done, and we expect that any federal judge that hears it will hear it objectively and according to the law and the facts.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We've got cases moving in the very, very liberal Ninth Circuit, who, they've been hostile to the order, we won a case in Virginia recently that was a nicely-written order that just demolished, I thought, all the arguments that some of the other people have been making. We are confident that the President will prevail on appeal and particularly in the Supreme Court, if not the Ninth Circuit. So this is a huge matter. I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and Constitutional power.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I think our President, having seen some of these really weird interpretations of the executive orders that he's put out, I think he's more understanding now that we need judges who follow the law, not make law, the judges don't get to psychoanalyze the President to see if the order he issues is lawful. It's either lawful or it's not. I think that it will be real important for America to have judges in the model of Judge (Neil) Gorsuch and (the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin) Scalia, people who serve under the law, under the Constitution, not above it, and they are faithful to the law. They honor it and don't try to remake it as they'd like it to be.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
For those who still seek to violate our laws and enter the country illegally, let me be very clear. Don’t come. Please don’t come, we will continue to expand our approach of deterring illegal immigration. Everything’s on the table in that regard.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
When you are caught, you will be detained, adjudicated and deported, do not come unlawfully. Wait your turn.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We are going to step up our effort and already are stepping up our efforts on all leaks, this is a matter that's gone beyond anything I'm aware of. We have professionals that have been in the security business of the United States for many years that are shocked by the number of leaks and some of them are quite serious. So yes, it is a priority. We've already begun to step up our efforts and whenever a case can be made, we will seek to put some people in jail.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
When we talk about MS-13 and the cartels, what do we mean? We mean international criminal organizations that turn cities and suburbs into warzones, that rape and kill innocent civilians, and who profit by smuggling poison and other human beings across our borders, … It is here on this very sliver of land—on this border—that we take our stand. It is a direct threat to our legal system, peace and prosperity.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We hear you, and we have your back, we will secure this border and bring the full weight of both the immigration courts and federal criminal enforcement to combat this attack on our national security and sovereignty.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
If someone dares to assault one of our folks in the line of duty, they will do federal time for it.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The hate crimes amendment is unwarranted, possibly unconstitutional -- certainly, I believe it is unconstitutional in certain parts -- and it violates the basic principle of equal justice under the law, the hate crimes amendment to this bill has been said to cheapen the civil rights movement.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store, educating people and telling them the terrible truth about drugs and addiction will result in better choices. We can reduce the use of drugs, save lives and turn back the surge in crime that inevitably follows in the wake of increased drug abuse.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I think there is concern that good police officers and good departments can be sued by the Department of Justice when you just have individuals within a department that have done wrong, these lawsuits undermine the respect for police officers and create an impression that the entire department is not doing their work consistent with fidelity to law and fairness, and we need to be careful before we do that.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We owe it to the American people to ensure that illegal aliens who have been convicted of crimes and are serving time in our federal prisons are expeditiously removed from our country as the law requires, this expansion and modernization of the Institutional Hearing Program gives us the tools to continue making Americans safe again in their communities.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The American people want and deserve a lawful system of immigration that keeps us safe, and one that serves national interests, this expectation is reasonable, just, and our government has the duty to meet it and we will meet it.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Not only do these policies endanger lives of every American, just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these policies also violate federal law, the president has rightly said disregard for law must end.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The American people are justifiably angry. They know that when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration laws, our nation is less safe.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Today's arrest in Israel is the culmination of a large-scale investigation spanning multiple continents for hate crimes against Jewish communities across our country, the Department of Justice is committed to protecting the civil rights of all Americans, and we will not tolerate the targeting of any community in this country on the basis of their religious beliefs.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries about the Donald Trump campaign.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I always say life is like a box of chocolates, sure are a lot of brown ones in there.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
She ain't got no legs, we're about as close as peas and carrots. She's the best talker you've ever heard. They say she could sell stink to a skunk.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I did not mention communications I had had with the Russian Ambassador over the years because the question did not ask about them.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I have people come up to me all the time and say 'Why don’t you, if you want to find out where those 30,000 emails are, why don’t you ask the Russians?
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
He loves his country, and is determined to see it be a winner again.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Too many politicians and pundits here in America have been woefully oblivious to, or in some cases complicit in, what is going on around us, the failed European Union experiment, and Great Britain’s rejection of it, must serve as a wake-up call for all of us in America.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I am open to the details, i agree that, somehow, some way, we should be able to make this work.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
What this amendment would do would be to ... apply some of our core domestic legal and constitutional protections to foreign nationals with no tie to the United States.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I've been pleased that he took a lot of my ideas in his immigration policy, but I have not endorsed Mr. Trump or anyone else.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
The American people knew this wouldn't work, they opposed it from the beginning. They opposed the philosophy of it and they knew we were going to have a mess on our hands.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
Supporting citizenship for illegal immigrants should be disqualifying, just like we can't have a GOP nominee who supports Obamacare, we can't have a GOP nominee who supports amnesty.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
Republican voters are tired of leaders who promote an immigration agenda that serves everyone's interests but theirs.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
The American people ... want somebody in the presidency to stand up for them.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is exactly the plan America needs, polling shows this plan will appeal broadly to all segments of the electorate; prioritizing the just demands of loyal, everyday Americans who have been shunned by a governing elite.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We do not have to confirm someone to the highest law enforcement position in America if that someone is publicly committed to denigrating Congress, violating law.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
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