Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040201732

I am further pleased that the bill explicitly prohibits a national ID card which I oppose. It is important to have a foolproof method to ensure a potential employee is legalI believe it would be dangerous to put in place a system where someone walking down the street could be stopped and asked for their papers. That situation would infringe on our lives. A key fact of illegal immigration which often is overlooked is that approximately half of the illegal aliens currently in our country entered legally and overstayed their visas. This bill authorizes an increase of 300 new investigators at INS to go after these visa overstayers. I support this. Mr.
Keywords matched
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Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
BARBARA BOXER
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
F
Date
1996-04-24
Speech ID
1040201732
Paragraph
#8
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