Framing Category

Legal / procedural

91,251 mentions across 76 congressional sessions

Partisan sentiment over time

Share of legal / procedural-framed mentions by sentiment, per session — stratified by party

Target groups over time

Share of legal / procedural-framed mentions by target group, per session

Immigrants General Undocumented Immigrants Refugees Specific Other Naturalized Citizens Chinese Jewish Mexican

Mentions over time

Legal / procedural mentions per 1,000 speeches analyzed, per session — stacked by party

Geographic distribution

Total legal / procedural-framed mentions by state, 1873–2025