BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday [6-26-18] called immigration enforcement ‘a decisive issue for our time,’ maintaining a hard line on illegal border crossings a day after a key Department of Homeland Security official declared the administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy effectively dead…He went on to accuse Democrats and members of the media of grossly mischaracterizing President Donald Trump’s recent moves on immigration, remarking that the United States actually has ‘generous laws’ pertaining to migrants entering the country..The commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Kevin McAleenan, announced on Monday [6-25-18] that his agency was no longer referring for criminal prosecution families caught crossing the border. Later Monday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisted that the administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach to immigration enforcement was still in effect.”
-Quint Forgey, “Sessions upholds Trump’s faltering ‘zero tolerance’ policy,” Politico, June 26, 2018 5:20 pm