Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050107315

I rise to express my strong opposition to this legislation. which is yet another attempt to undermine the voting rights and discourage voter participation of certain ethnic groups. Rather than encouraging every willing American citizen to exercise his or her right to vote. I must say. this restricts that very right. This bill is based on the misguided perception that voting by noncitizens is a major problem in this country. Yet the most inflated studies estimate that illegal voting constitutes but a mere fraction of all voters. Neither the Social Security Administration nor the INS is capable of providing this information accurately. and both agencies are already on record opposing this.
Keywords matched
noncitizens

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ESTEBAN TORRES
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1998-02-11
Speech ID
1050107315
Paragraph
#0
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