Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040262327

Now we hear they are cooking up yet another version of the Gallegly amendment. Mr. President. this demonstrates that the Republicans really are not serious about dealing with illegal immigration. They want a campaign issue. not a bill. If they were serious. the conference would be meeting now with bipartisan input. And with the challenge to all of the Members of the House and the SenateRepublicans and Democratscan we get a bill that is going to deal with the problems of illegal immigration? Illegal immigration is a problem. We are committed. as the vote in the U.S. Senate showed. to trying to do something about it. It is not too late to do something about illegal immigration. But as long as our Republican friends are going to continue to meet behind the closed doors. refusing to let the sunshine in. I fear for what eventually will come out of it.
Keywords matched
Illegal immigration illegal immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1996-09-16
Speech ID
1040262327
Paragraph
#11
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