Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040201761

This can be a shakedown kind of thing. My staff has given me two examples of the kind of abuses that take place when you do not go in to court. As far as I know. and the Senator from Wyoming can correct me. as far as I know. there have been no denials for any Immigration Service requests to have a search of the field by the courts. Maybe they have existedI do not know. In Pasco. WA. INS agents entered a field for 29 straight days searching for undocumented workers. On some occasions the agents drove their trucks across the bean fields. causing substantial damage to the bean crop. The latter part of that is not that significant. but if you want to go 29 straight days to search somebodys field. you ought to go into court 29 straight days to get a court OK for doing that. In Othello. WA. INS agents entered a farm four times in 1 month looking for undocumented workers. Their last three trips were without a warrant. and they found no undocumented workers. They arrested two workers who were Japanese. but it turned out they were exchange students who had a lawful right to be In this country. Finally.
Keywords matched
undocumented Immigration

Classification

Also mentioned
Japanese
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
PAUL SIMON
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
1996-04-24
Speech ID
1040201761
Paragraph
#0
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