Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050015621

We also have some claims made by some of our employees that a customs dog handler when attempting to search an 18wheel tanker was prevented from doing his job. Later that tanker was found to contain nearly 4 tons of cocaine. Meanwhile at the California port of Calexico. immigration investigators. who already have arrested one customs inspector recently on corruption charges. are closing in on a customs secretary who is accused of selling intelligence to Tijuanas drug lords. Mr. Speaker. if this country is going to be secure from both illegal immigration and the rapid importation increase of illegal drugs. we have got to be able to depend on people who enforce the law as passed by this Congress. It concerns me greatly when we read these reports and we hear allegations of corruption and bribery and people being allowed to bring numerous people into this country illegally. So I ask this administration. the attorney general. to fully investigate these allegations. not to sweep them under the rug as alleged by several officers of the Immigration Service. In fact one says. "Theyre pulling punches." Inspectors at San Ysidro argue punches are being pulled and that several more serious corruption allegations against senior personnel are being buried. You read about what happens to people when they are discovered to have violated the laws of this country.
Keywords matched
Immigration illegal immigration immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Criminal Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
MARK FOLEY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
FL
Gender
M
Date
1997-04-10
Speech ID
1050015621
Paragraph
#1
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