Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050188136

I oppose the amendment offered by the gentleman that would allow the troops to go in there and I support the amendment. the substitute that is being submitted by the gentleman from Texas . An increase of U.S. troops on the border with Mexico is a dangerous proposal that would put border residents in danger and reduce military readiness. I would repeat that again. It is going to reduce military readiness. Our military is the worlds best trained fighting force. They are not police officers. They are not Border Patrol agents. They are trained to fight. We put our own citizens at risk by deploying them on American soil.
Keywords matched
Border Patrol

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
CIRO RODRIGUEZ
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1998-09-16
Speech ID
1050188136
Paragraph
#0
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