Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050065341

Speaker. if the gentlewoman will continue to yield. I know how hard the gentleman has worked in an era of civil rights. not because of age but because of commitment. Is it not interesting that we are talking about civil rights for now a new immigrant group. Hispanics. when in the Deep South and many other places there was a chilling effect for AfricanAmericans to vote. 1950s and 1940s and 1960s. There was the poll tax and intimidation. Why are we in 1997 carrying on sort of the same traditions of intimidating people from voting by using INS officers coming to your door investigating nuns? It looks like this country would recognize that with Scandinavians. with new immigrants. with Asians. with Hispanics. AfricanAmericans. I come from an immigrant background. that everyone deserves a chance to participate. It looks like that is what the gentlewoman from California stands for.
Keywords matched
immigrant immigrants

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Hispanics AfricanAmericans Scandinavians Asians
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SHEILA JACKSON LEE
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
F
Date
1997-07-29
Speech ID
1050065341
Paragraph
#0
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