Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040191403

It so happens that this Congress chose to cut funds for English as a second language for those who are trying to learn English. Make sense out of that. What we see is that for the first time in this Nation since 1924. we have an amendment on immigration that would give a preference to a certain group of people. and what we are doing is we are limiting. we are crunching. we are narrowing those who can come into this country. With this amendment what we are saying is we really only want those who sound like us. who can speak like us. and it is unfortunate. because for the longest time and through this diversity program that is being attacked. we are trying to make sure that we give folks from every part of the world a chance. Unfortunately. this amendment will make it difficult.
Identified stereotypes
The amendment only wants people who sound like us.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
XAVIER BECERRA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1996-03-20
Speech ID
1040191403
Paragraph
#0
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