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June 15, 2018

AG Sessions Quotes Scripture to Justify Immigration Policies
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Responding to the outcry by church leaders, Attorney General Sessions
quoted scripture Thursday to justify his department's immigration
policies. Sessions was speaking to an invitation-only crowd in Fort
Wayne, Indiana.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "I would cite you to the Apostle Paul
and his clear and wise command in Romans 13 to obey the laws of the
government because God has ordained the government for his purposes."

Critics seized on Sessions's reference to Romans 13, noting it was a
favorite passage of defenders of the Confederacy used to justify
slavery.


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