Grahm:>> IMMIGRATION. YOU'VE SAID THAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF PRESIDENT OBAMA, YOU BELIEVE IS IS UN[CO]NSTITUTIONAL. THE DACA LAW. DO YOU STILL HAVE THIS POSITION?
Sessions:>> I DID. FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
Grahm:>> I'M NOT BEING -- I AGREE WITH YOU. NOW WE GOT 800,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP. WILL YOU ADVISE THE NEXT PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP, TO REPEAL THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER?
Sessions:>> THAT WILL BE A DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE STUDIED AND HE WOULD NEED TO ADWREE TO. BUT IT'S AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, REALLY A MEMORANDUM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. IT WOULD BE [UN]CONSTITUTIONAL. I BELIEVE TO END THAT ORDER. AND I WOULD DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE I THINK COULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO A DECISION TO BAN IN THAT ORDER BECAUSE IT IS VERY QUESTIONABLE IN MY OPINION [UN]CONSTITUTIONAL.
G:>> ONCE WE REPEAL IT AND I AGREE, THAT IT IS AN OVERREACH, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE 800,000 KIDS WHO HAVE COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS?
S:>> FUNDAMENTALLY, WE NEED TO FIX THIS IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. IT'S NOT BEEN WORKING RIGHT. WE'VE ENTERED MORE AND MORE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ILLEGALLY INTO THE COUNTRY. EACH ONE OF THEM PRODUCES SOME SORT OF HUMANITARIAN CONCERN. BUT IT IS PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR CHILDREN. SO, WE'VE BEEN PLACED IN A BAD SITUATION. I REALLY WOULD URGE US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER. I WOULD TRY TO BE SUPPORTIVE.
*This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
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