Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970056422

I think this is a noncontroversial amendment. For the best part of 2 days we debated rather extensively and with some degree of heat the 100yearold tradition of separating military and civilian law enforcement known as posse comitatus. The rule was breached to the extent that the military may involve itself in the enforcement of drug laws and immigration laws with certain limitations. Most of the Members I have talked to since that debate have qualms about what the House did for many different reasons. So. in the aftermath of what I thought was one of the healthiest debates that we have had here in the Congress.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWIN BETHUNE
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
AR
Gender
M
Date
1981-07-16
Speech ID
970056422
Paragraph
#0
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