Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050070294

TX. who was tending his goats was shot and killed by a Marine who was engaged in drug interdiction efforts along the borders. He was the first American to be killed on U.S. soil by American troops since the 1970 Kent State incident. We know we already have 7.000 Border Patrol agents patrolling the borders. and we are going to have an additional 1.000 Border Patrol agents for the next 4 years added to the force. We know that Border Patrol agents are trained to deal with situations and problems along our border. Military personnel are not. Ezequiel Hernandez. 3 months before he was shot. was tending his goats. as he always was. He shot again into the brush. because he thought there was something there trying to get to his goats. It happened to be Border Patrol agents. When he found out it was Border Patrol agents. he went and apologized to those agents. Had Border Patrol agents been patrolling the border on May 20 instead of military troops. Ezequiel would probably still be alive. His untimely death at the hands of U.S.
Keywords matched
Border Patrol

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
XAVIER BECERRA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1997-09-04
Speech ID
1050070294
Paragraph
#0
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