Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980214369

I take issue with my dear friend from Texas. and the author of this amendment. I think that this amendment is a bad amendment. I do not believe there is any way in the world that this immigration law can be enforced without the direct intervention and help of local law enforcement officials. When the gentleman makes a blanket statement that no officer or employee of a State. county or other local government law enforcement agency may stop and question. detain or otherwise hold a person solely on the ground that the person is or may be a deportable or excludable alien. I think when that is done. we are making it such that the manner in which illegal aliens in my part of the country live and the places they live and the manner in which they live. we are going to have the local law enforcement people to help us enforce this law.
Keywords matched
immigration deportable illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAM HALL
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-14
Speech ID
980214369
Paragraph
#0
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