Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) continued his rise as a national conservative thought leader on Wednesday, with Fox News “Special Report” touting his opposition to President Obama’s immigration executive orders.

Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry noted that Obama’s recent immigration proposals have hit a “brick wall,” namely, Sen. Sessions.

“The details [of President Obama’s request for $3.7 billion for the border crisis] have sparked a brick wall of opposition from Republicans, like Senator Jeff Sessions who fired off a letter saying Congress must block the President’s funding request until he agrees to swear off more executive orders on immigration,” Henry said. “Sessions charged the last one in 2012 ‘…unleashed a flood of new illegal immigration into the country. This is the disaster he created.’”

Sessions has been a member of the United States Senate for over 17 years now, but there has never been a point during his career that his star has shined brighter than it is right now.

Breitbart News recently referred to him as “the leading intellectual force against amnesty in Congress.” Mark Levin wondered aloud on air why other Republicans aren’t fighting like Jeff Sessions. Laura Ingraham bluntly told her national radio audience in March that “we need Sessions for President.”

With the contentious debate surrounding immigration expected to continue for the foreseeable future, Sessions’ profile will likely continue to rise. And if Republicans re-take the Senate in November, which appears to be more and more likely, his role as Senate Budget Chairman will boost him even higher.

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