Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090099028

You know. I wish that we could find common ground on really securing America and not. if you will. unduly burdening our local and State jurisdictions that already comply with the law. that already arrest the criminals. Now you are asking them to engage in civil immigration issues. which should be under Federal jurisdiction. And my good friend suggests that this is an allowance amendment. it simply allows them to do this. He knows that by the very announcement or pronouncement coming from the Federal Government. what he does is he intimidates local jurisdictions and they take on burdens that they truly cannot fund. We should be focusing on securing the borders. providing an enhanced. pretesting program for those who are coming into the United States. providing more resources for Border Patrol agents. allowing them to enforce the border. giving them the law enforcement authority. being more secure in the visa program that we have. Those are some of the underlying elements that are missing out of this legislation. and I am sad to say that the present amendment will not in any way. I believe. provide any more security than what we have.
Keywords matched
visa Border Patrol immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
SHEILA JACKSON LEE
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
F
Date
2005-12-15
Speech ID
1090099028
Paragraph
#0
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