AG Jeff Sessions Flatly Says, ������the Border is Not Open. Please Do Not Come���

Did you happen to catch Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Fox News��� Hannity Tuesday night?

If so, you saw him strongly suggest that those seeking to enter the United States illegally are probably better off not trying. Saying that ���the border is not open��� and that those who come anyway will be ���apprehended��� and ���deported promptly,��� Sessions seemed to take the opportunity of his appearance to make it clear there���s a new sheriff in town:

���[C]an you believe that we have had the lowest number of entrances at the border in 17 years? This is the direct result of Donald Trump���s strong, clear leadership. It has an impact. The most important thing for us is to send a message to the world that the border is not open. Please don���t come. You will be apprehended if you do come, and you will be deported promptly. And if you���re a criminal, you���ll be prosecuted. And if you assault our officers, we���re going to come at you with a ton of bricks. This is the kind of message we need to send. It is already being sent. It is having a dramatic effect so far. I knew strong presidential leadership unlike the wishy-washiness we���ve seen in the past would impact the flow, but not as much as we���ve seen already. The numbers are down 70 percent since President Obama left office. It is really a remarkable achievement.���

Sessions was asked about reports that Republican lawmakers were planning to drop a provision to fund a border wall from the forthcoming spending bill.

���I believe he will get funding for the wall. I can���t imagine Congress to deny him that,��� responded Sessions. ���It doesn���t have to be every foot of the entire 1,700-mile border ... But a wall, a barrier, multiplies the ability of our border patrol and customs officers to be effective ... So, this is the way to go.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large