Session #103 · 1993–95

Speech #1030138088

I am not talking about a decision that says the welfare system would work better if we cut people off of welfare for several years. I am not talking about requirements of work. I am talking about looking at where a person was born and whether or not they have naturalized. and deciding whether or not a 69yearold person is going to get SSI benefits. A poor lowincome 69yearold would be ineligible under the Kasich proposal simply because of the fact that he had not naturalized. he had not become a U.S. citizen. even if his spouse was a U.S. citizen. and he had come here legally. It seeks to take the public furor over the question of illegal immigration and extend it to cover legal immigration. and create a totally unjustifiable twotiered system. It is unconstitutional on its face. It violates the 14th amendment on due process which does not apply only to citizens but applies to persons.
Keywords matched
naturalized illegal immigration immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
HOWARD BERMAN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1994-03-01
Speech ID
1030138088
Paragraph
#0
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