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Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday evening said the Justice Department does not intend to go after illegal immigrants who have not committed crimes in addition to illegally entering the U.S.

"That is not where we - ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is focusing its efforts at all," Sessions told Fox News host Bill O'Reilly after being asked if he planned to target "chamber maids" and farm workers. "We are doing a lot of good things, for example ... as we continue to build a wall and beef up our forces and bring in more judges, we'll be even more successful."

Sessions, a former national security adviser to President Trump's campaign, credited the administration's enhanced enforcement of immigration policies for a 60 percent decrease in the number of illegal aliens apprehended by Customs and Border Protection in February.

"That's the way to solve this problem. If we stay at it, we can create a lawful system of immigration, one that admits 1.1 million people lawfully right now every year," Sessions added.

Advocates and organizations representing illegal aliens have warned in recent weeks that Trump plans to deport the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.

Trump signed multiple executive orders in late January, ordering the Department of Homeland Security to fully carry out immigration laws, including building a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border and deporting all aliens with any criminal record, not just the worst offenders as the Obama administration had gone after.

Sessions also said he hopes sanctuary cities and counties will cooperate, given the federal government's threat to hold funding if they do not stop assisting illegal immigrants.

"It is not going to devastate their budgets. We don't have that much money that will be controlled, but it is a signal," Sessions said.

The top U.S. attorney said his department is looking into other possibilities more "detrimental" ones - that could make it tougher for cities and counties not to cooperate with ICE.

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03/31/17 8:31 PM

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