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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a zero tolerance policy aimed at people entering the United States illegally for the first time on the Mexican border.His directive Friday tells federal prosecutors in border states to put more emphasis on charging peopl stanley cup e with illegal entry, which has historically been treated as a misdemeanor offense for those with few or no previous encounters with border authorities. Smugglers and repeat offenders are usually charged with more serious crimes.Sessions tells prosecutors to ask for additional resources if needed to prosecute cases. As a model, he points to a Border Patrol effort launched in 2005 that typically resulted in a co stanley becher nviction and short time in jail. Earlier this week, Sessions established quotas for immigration judges to reduce court backlogs.Sessions move is a part of the Trump administration s tough stance on illegal immigration. Earlier this week, the president announced he is sending the National Gu stanley cup ard to protect the southern border. Mr. Trump devoted most of his remarks that were supposed to focus on tax reform Thursday on illegal immigration and crime instead. We cannot let people enter our country. We have no idea who they are, what they do, where they came from, Mr. Trump said. We don t know if they are murderers, if they re killers, if they re MS-13. He also lashed out about the caravan of immigrants coming through Mexico, which seemingly factored into his decision Dqhb Senate Dems filibuster for tighter gun laws ends in wee hours
There are always plenty of bitter pills for members to swallow at the end of the congressional session. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer D-Md. was on the verge of swallowing a very big one Tuesday night. Much as he might want to offset legislation sparing 23 million Americans from the alternative minimu stanley tazas m tax, Senate Republicans won t let him get there. The House majority leader issued a statement Tuesday night, in essence, conceding that point after the Senate defeated yet another House-passed AMT patch with tax increases to offset the projected lost revenue. stanley cup Let me be clear, there is no disagreement between Republicans and Democrats over protecting the middle-class from the AMT, Hoyer said. The question is, will we do so responsibly or charge tens of billions of dollars to our grandchildren ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c85d4d52-8c88-11e2 stanley thermobecher -b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c85d4d52-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c85d4d52-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;