Hillary Clinton's "radical view" of immigration and open borders will make matters even worse if she is elected as president, and Donald Trump talked about the issues that will determine the results of the election, Sen. Jeff Sessions, who has become a key Trump surrogate, said Thursday.
"She says nobody should be deported unless they are convicted of a violent crime or terrorism," the Alabama Republican told Fox News' "America's Newsroom" program.
"She said president [Barack] Obama's number of 10,000 refugees from Syria is not enough. She wants 65,000. There is no way we can vet those refugees."
Clinton plans to push her immigration plans for "a full amnesty and citizenship for people who come into our country illegally well ahead of people who waited in line" in her first 100 days if she's elected, said Sessions, and he thinks Trump won on those issues.
Sessions, though, pointed out that Clinton voted for a barrier at the nation's border while she was a senator, but it never happened and she "has never been a real advocate for it. She as a senator and as a member of the Obama administration has done nothing to improve security at the border."
Instead, said Sessions, Clinton's real philosophy was revealed in her "secret speech" to Brazilian banks.
According to a leaked emails of her talks to a Brazilian bank in 2013, she said her "dream" is "a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders" and asked her audience to think of what doubling American trade with Latin America "would mean for everybody in this room."
Clinton said in the debate she was talking about energy, but Sessions said he doesn't "think that's accurate."
"Her policies reflect an agenda that does not allow effective immigration control to occur," said Sessions. "That's why the Border Patrol officers and the federal ICE officers are down there every day. They endorsed Trump.
"This is no joke. This is a failed immigration policy. She'll make it worse with amnesty."
Obamacare will also be a big issue in the ballots, said Sessions, as Trump is promising to change and eliminate the healthcare reform law.
Sessions also commented that he doesn't think polls showing Clinton leading Trump matter that much, because polls move, and there are people who likely have not been reached.
"You look and a lot of people out there," the senator said. "They are hurting. They want somebody who gives them hope . . . They want somebody that can do something to change things."
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