Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040254395

Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I love all the concern on this side of the aisle today for the divisiveness of this issue when it was just yesterday that this side of the aisle was not willing to make the distinction between legal residents and illegal aliens. such that they shut off 300.000 legal residents oft this country from rights of their citizenship. Today. my colleagues on the other side are talking about the divisiveness of this issue. The reason they are talking about divisiveness is because this is a divisive issue. this bill plays directly to the politics of fear and prejudice for which this Congress has become so wellknown.
Keywords matched
illegal aliens

Classification

Also mentioned
legal residents
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
PATRICK KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
RI
Gender
M
Date
1996-08-01
Speech ID
1040254395
Paragraph
#0
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