Washington (CNN) -- What's wrong with the "Gang of Eight" comprehensive immigration reform bill? Jeff Sessions has a lot of answers to that question, but he starts by pointing to a picture of a modest white house built in the early 1930s in Hybart, Alabama. "I grew up in rural Alabama, in a poor area of the state," the three-term Republican noted during a recent interview in his Washington office. "We didn't have central heat, but we got by. And people (still) do." But "we've got a serious social and economic problem in America," the conservative senator said. "We've got high unemployment among lower skilled workers, and their wages aren't even keeping up with inflation."
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Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions leads fight against "Gang of Eight" immigration bill
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Sessions says the bill will hurt lower skilled workers
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Sessions: "No principled reason" to give full benefits to those who entered country illegally
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Sessions promises to "expose" truth about immigration bill
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"My @placeholder colleagues seem to be oblivious to the free market," Sessions said.
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"I believe that, politically, at this point in time we should serve and listen to the concerns of the working @placeholder who are making $20,000 to $45,000 a year," Sessions said.