Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050185544

The English Language Fluency Act plans to unAmericanize people who so desperately want to be American. I am concerned that this bill would hinder those who by the bills definition it should help. The English Language Fluency Act has in it provisions that move language minority children out of specialized classes. cuts bilingual education funding to States with large immigrant populations and voids all voluntary compliance agreements made by State and local school districts to provide bilingual education. This bill. as written. will reduce Federal funds used for teachers and learning materials while at the same time demand students to learn in an environment that does not promote or assist them in learning. In essence. this bill implies that America wants you to learn as long as you do not learn too much.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
DANNY DAVIS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
1998-09-10
Speech ID
1050185544
Paragraph
#0
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