U.S. attorney general ties gang violence to immigration

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#U.S. SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 / 6:35 PM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO

U.S. attorney general ties gang violence to immigration

Nate Raymond
3 MIN READ

BOSTON (Reuters) - Protesters gathered outside a federal court in Boston on Thursday where U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to address law enforcement about what he called the need to tackle transnational gang violence and to secure the Mexican border.

Sessions reemphasized what he said was a need to target cross-border criminal organizations, specifically the gang MS-13, which the Justice Department says has more than 30,000 members worldwide and 10,000 members in the United States.

Tying the effort to fight the gang and Republican President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to crackdown on illegal immigration, Sessions said the Justice Department was directing more prosecutorial resources to the U.S.-Mexican border.

He also made an apparent reference to Trump’s campaign promise to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, saying such a wall would help protect against gang members who are smuggled across it.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-sessions/u-s-attorney-general-ties-gang-violence-to-immigration-idUSKCN1BW336

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. Stop trying to suck up to the boss, Beauregard.

Ever since your recusal, you ain't his BFF anymore.

[haveahart]

2. Yeah, i remember those Irish gangs and Italian criminals. Don't you?

[Willie Pep]

3. Those with criminal records were already being deported under Obama.

This new effort seems like a lame justification for Trump's useless wall. Again, no real efforts to deal with the issues related to illegal immigration just red meat for Trump's base.