Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040204680

And. by the way. I want to book passage. I want a visa and I want to go directly to the United States." We all know what would happen in a case like that. The realty of the situation is that people in those circumstances are probably going to get a forged or a false passport. They are not going to go on a flight that will go directly to the United States because that is something the government may be watching. They are going to go to another countrymaybe a neighboring country. maybe two or three countries--and then make it to the United States. Under the immigration law that is before us. once they got here. because they used false passports and went through other countries. they are probably going to be summarily sent back. Summarily being sent back is in an equal amount of time to the summary execution or imprisonment that they face when they arrive back in their home country. Now. let us be realistic. The Justice Department does not want these provisions and has not requested them. They were not recommended by the Jordan Commission. The Department has told us that they want a type of standby authority in case of immigration emergency. similar to what I have proposed in this amendment. Think of some of the history of this country. Fidel Castros daughter came to this country and was granted asylum. for appropriate reasons. and. of course. with great political fanfare.
Keywords matched
visa immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
PATRICK LEAHY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
VT
Gender
M
Date
1996-04-30
Speech ID
1040204680
Paragraph
#1
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