The issue focused on enforcement of criminal penalties against businesses for illegally transporting illegal aliens into the United States. As Attorney General Sessions stated in his remarks at the Justice Department's Criminal Division meeting: "Under federal law, unlawful immigrants may not lawfully purchase firearms or ammunition unless they first undergo an expedited lawful permanent residence status assessment." He continued: "During my tenure as Attorney General, we prosecuted nearly 400 prosecutions involving straw purchases by illegal aliens who legally purchased guns from licensed dealers." In addition, Attorney General Sessions cited statistics indicating