Jeff Sessions suggests zero tolerance immigrant policy is meant to be a deterrent

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested that the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy on illegal border crossings resulting in family separations is part of an effort to deter more illegal entries, breaking with a fellow Cabinet member who described such talk about the policy as being offensive.

During an interview Monday evening, Fox News’ Laura Ingraham pressed Sessions on the topic, asking if the policy was meant to be a deterrent.

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