Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050139654

That is all. If you are concerned about redtape. then look at what the bill does. It transfers the program to the most overwhelmed and most backlogged agency in the Federal Government. the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It takes a year for American citizens to bring spouses or children here. That is supposedly our highest immigration priority. uniting citizens with their families. but it takes years just to process the paperwork to bring these families together. After individuals actually qualify for citizenship. it takes 2 years or even longer for them to have the forms completed. So we have an opportunity today to pass legislation that responds to the needs of the highgrowth hightech industry and our workers. We should increase the quota temporarily. We must provide our workers with the training they need to assure them that our immigration programs do not unfairly disadvantage them as they compete for the new jobs. Now. Mr.
Keywords matched
immigration Naturalization Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Family values

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1998-05-13
Speech ID
1050139654
Paragraph
#9
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