Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040267307

Its his family. his children. If his child needs medical care and he cant pay. his tax money suddenly isnt available. This bill sends the child to school sick. with the fear of deportation always looming in the background. Legal immigrant children must have their sponsors income deemed for any meanstested program. This effectively bars these children from child care. Head Start. and summer jobs and job training programs. What does reducing a legal residents access to health care and Federal benefits have to do with restricting illegal immigration I would arguenothing. Absolutely nothing. Because this is not about reducing illegal immigration. If it were. I would not be standing before you asking these simple questions.
Keywords matched
immigrant deportation illegal immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ESTEBAN TORRES
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1996-09-25
Speech ID
1040267307
Paragraph
#1
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