Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a man who combines the dashing good looks of the Keebler Elves with the effortless charm of Bull Connor, is wasting no time implementing the steps necessary to transform his lifelong dream of a brown people-free America into reality. The Daily Beast's recap of prepared remarks delivered by Sessions yesterday make him sound like a racist Bane cosplay enthusiast who learned everything he knows about messaging from studying one-dimensional movie villains:

“This is a new era,” said Sessions, who sported a dark suit in the hot Arizona sun. “This is the Trump era.”

Sessions made the announcement over a glitchy sound system to a group of reporters and Customs and Border Protection agents just a few feet away from the Mexico border. A gust of wind knocked over the American flag behind him as he spoke, so a CBP agent stood behind it and propped it up until the attorney general finished his speech.

One of the most significant takeaways from Tuesday's announcement is the revelation that his Department of Justice will ramp up its efforts to prosecute individuals suspected of "transportation or harboring of aliens"—which could, in theory, include undocumented immigrants who house their own family members, or anyone who gives a ride to undocumented immigrants looking for work. A DOJ prosecutor interviewed by the Daily Beast, echoing the concerns of Department of Justice lawyers we spoke to before Sessions was even confirmed to his position, felt no need to mince words.

“It’s fucking horrifying,” the prosecutor said. “It’s totally horrifying and we’re all terrified about it, and we don’t know what to do."

The Washington Post has more details on the efforts of Sessions—a man who doesn't even believe in legal immigration—to purge the country of people who don't look like him. The Customs and Border Patrol is spending $20 million of your taxpayer dollars to construct a border wall prototype and, along with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, is opening up more than 33,000 beds for prospective detainees. Sessions is also chomping at the bit to sign more 287(g) agreements, which allow local police departments to enforce federal immigration law. These infamous programs not only gobble up valuable state and local tax dollars, but are also used with depressing frequency to justify unadorned racial profiling.

Before his Senate career, Jeff Sessions served for years as a U.S. attorney and a state attorney general, but his conduct in this new job demonstrates pretty clearly that he doesn't give a shit about "justice." Rather, as none other than Steve Bannon asserted when asked about the crux of Sessions' myopic worldview, the Attorney General sees the law as an expedient tool for molding his country into an ethno-nationalist utopia in which Muslims can't get in, police officers can do whatever the hell they want, and minorities are either afraid to vote or stripped of their ability to do so. According to the Beast's report, to Sessions, the heartbreaking human costs necessitated by his agenda are merely the price we pay to make America great again.

“Will there be any mercy or latitude in prosecuting people who have U.S.-born children who are minors here?” one reporter asked.

Sessions didn’t blink. “We want everybody to comply with the law,” he said. “And because a child or a family member enters the United States lawfully doesn’t mean that others can enter the country unlawfully. So we do have that challenge. We want people to understand that they’re not entitled to enter unlawfully. We want people to know that laws will be followed, and hopefully if we send this message—it’s already seeming to have an impact—we’ll be able to return to the kind of system we can be proud of.”

If there's some way I'm supposed to feel proud of a system that is willing to shrug its shoulders and orphan children in the name of justice, I'm not seeing it.

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