Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090100203

Chairman. I yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Chairman. two of the 9/11 hijackers overstayed their visas. Under the current law. that is just a civil ground of inadmissibility. I think that that should be some type of a crime so that at least they can be detained. The businessperson who inadvertently overstays their visa because the flight is canceled. no problem. no prosecutor is going to prosecute that person because of it. I see some games being played here. The people who are saying that this bill is too harsh want to keep these penalties as felonies.
Keywords matched
visa visas

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
F. SENSENBRENNER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
2005-12-16
Speech ID
1090100203
Paragraph
#0
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