Session #102 · 1991–93

Speech #1020202425

Mr. President. we heard a lot about studies and research. But all the studies and research are formed by assumptions and my misgivings about this bill are precisely the underlying assumptions that form it: The assumption that a new citizen should be kept from joining the United States of America mainstream and speaking the United States of Americas mainstream language. which is English. the sponsors assume that somehow we are helping these people by encouraging them to speak a different language: the assumption that immigrant groups are best served by keeping them identified in ethnic groups. not culturally. which is their own business. If culturally we want to have a Basque center in Boise. ID.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEVEN SYMMS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ID
Gender
M
Date
1992-08-04
Speech ID
1020202425
Paragraph
#1
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