U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced a massive hiring initiative to bring 311 more assistant U.S. attorneys into the Department of Justice, most of whom will focus on prosecuting violent crime, illegal immigration and opioid abuse. Of those new hires, Pennsylvania U.S. attorney offices are set to be bolstered by the addition of seven prosecutors.

In total, the DOJ has opened positions for 190 violent crime prosecutors, 86 civil enforcement prosecutors, and 35 additional immigration prosecutors.

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