Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970274768

It really looks like the Berlin Wall if you look at it as you are going out or coming in. So. I asked one of the bridge owners. "Why do you do it?" He said. "Because we are forced to do it." There is a section in the law which says that any person with a vessel who harbors or brings in any alien is guilty and the Customs who supervise. or Immigration. I do not know which handles the operation of the border bridges. say that these bridges are like vessels. and that if an alien comes illegally over the bridge or under the bridge or around the bridge. the bridge owner is liable criminally and civilly. and they are forced then to have this ugly looking barbed wire and serpentine wire which is the first thing you see on the border. and I abhor and detest it. If we could handle it in this legislation or maybe through some appropriation process. that would be good. but it is something.
Keywords matched
Immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ELIGIO DE LA GARZA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1982-12-17
Speech ID
970274768
Paragraph
#2
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