Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040254351

Americans of all backgrounds are its victim. Latinos are certainly its primary targets but Englishonly is also a threat to Polish and Italian Americans. to Chinese and Ukrainian Americans. In fact. Mr. Chairman. English only Is a threat to America itself. It represents a rejection of Americas past. There was a time when immigrants were once called upon to create a culture. not just to conform to it. English only strips America of its future as well. After all. what awaits us if we deny certain voters a role in their government. if we deny certain students the chance to learn?
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Polish Italian Chinese Ukrainian
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
LUIS GUTIERREZ
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
1996-08-01
Speech ID
1040254351
Paragraph
#0
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