Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980080505

I happen to agree with the House leadership in their view that the EIGA is void of criminal sanctions. that civil actions by the Department of Justice are only available at the request of the House of Representatives. and. in short. that the Justice Department is stretching pretty far to claim jurisdiction to prosecute any Congressman under the EIGA without the cooperation of the House of Representatives. This goes far beyond the issue of defending a Member of the Idaho Congressional Delegationas evidenced by the House leaderships action in his defenseto the greater issue of Just where the Departments priorities are if they are extending their iron fist in areas that they do not have Jurisldletion. or at least where their Jurisdiction is highly questionable. My fourth question centered around immigration policy at justice. through its arm in the Immigration and Natu. ralization Service. Specifically. I was extremely disturbed when the agency engaged in what U.S. district court Judge Ray McNichols termed. "A clear case of entrapment against Idaho farmers." Here.
Keywords matched
Immigration immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEVEN SYMMS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ID
Gender
M
Date
1983-07-27
Speech ID
980080505
Paragraph
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