Jeff Sessions takes aim at first-time border crossers and calls for ramping up criminal prosecutions

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• Attorney General Jeff Sessions ramped up calls to criminally prosecute immigrants who cross illegally into the US.

• Sessions said he was ordering U.S. attorneys offices near the Southwest border to prioritize bringing cases against first-time offenders.

• On Friday, Trump signed a memorandum ordering the end of the policy known as "catch and release," in which illegal immigrants are released from detention while awaiting a court hearing on their status.

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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ramped up calls on Friday to criminally prosecute immigrants who cross illegally into the United States, adding to a barrage of statements on immigration by the administration of President Donald Trump this week.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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