Sessions known for tough stance on immigration

Name: Sessions known for tough stance on immigration
Uploaded: 2016-11-19T00:19:55Z
Duration: P443S
Description: For attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump selected an early supporter: the junior senator from Alabama, Jeff Sessions. Sessions has served as a U.S. attorney and Alabama’s attorney general, but he was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 based on controversial race-related remarks. John Yang reports and Judy Woodruff speaks with NPR’s Carrie Johnson for more on the polemical pick.

Clip: Season 2016 | 7m 23s

For attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump selected an early supporter: the junior senator from Alabama, Jeff Sessions. Sessions has served as a U.S. attorney and Alabama’s attorney general, but he was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 based on controversial race-related remarks. John Yang reports and Judy Woodruff speaks with NPR’s Carrie Johnson for more on the polemical pick.

Aired: 11/18/16

Rating: NR

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Sessions known for tough stance on immigration

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