Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040267491

Not only are you going beyond what the courts have even permitted. but you are turning it on its head. you are saying punish the child for the acts of the adult. as if a 2-. 4- or 7yearold could tell his or her parent. "Dont cross that border without -documents. Mom or Dad. because. if you do so. were in trouble." Be realistic. This is not sound policy. If we are going to address the issue of illegal immigration. let us do it where it most counts. at the border. We did that in the bill that just passed. We did provide additional funding to Border Patrol. We could have done more to provide more protections at the workplace to make sure people do not work without documentation. We did not.
Keywords matched
illegal immigration Border Patrol

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
XAVIER BECERRA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1996-09-25
Speech ID
1040267491
Paragraph
#0
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