Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000001174

Trivializing the law for partisan. political purposes is a dangerous and a dishonorable game. Yet. all around us. Mr. Speaker. we find distinguished Americans proclaiming that we are a government of laws and not of men and yet celebrating the breaking of some laws. We see it in the sanctuary movement. which involves a deliberate violation of our immigration laws. Yet. those people who participate in that movement are looked upon as nothing less than heroic. We see it in the ritual arrests in front of the South African Embassy. where it is a badge of honor to be arrested for violating ordinances about distances within which one may lawfully picket an Embassy.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY HYDE
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
1987-01-07
Speech ID
1000001174
Paragraph
#0
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