Immigration law “is in the books, and its purposes are clear and just. Federal law is the supreme law of the land,” said Mr. Sessions out!”Shortly after Mr. Sessions’s speech, Mr. Brown and the state’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, both Democrats, appeared together in the Capitol to denounce the lawsuit. Sessions railed about several instances in which he said state officials had frustrated the work of federal law enforcement. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThose tensions were palpable at Mr. Sessions’s speech, which was hosted by the California Peace Officers Association, a law enforcement advocacy group.

Source: New York Times March 07, 2018 18:08 UTC