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California leaders rebuke Sessions as 'going to war' over state immigration policy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A day after he sued California over its laws to shield immigrants living in the state illegally, Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrived in Sacramento, drawing protests and sharp rebukes from state leaders for accusing the state of impeding federal immigration officials from doing their jobs.

Sessions, speaking at an annual law enforcement lobby day held by the California Peace Officers' Association, underscored recent upticks in violent crime and charged Democrats with advancing the political agendas of "radical extremists." Using sharp rhetoric, he criticized Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf for warning immigrant communities about recent Bay Area raids, and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom for praising

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