Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090122441

Some of us dont think it takes 700 miles of fence. but it will probably take some fence and take some other new technologies. as well as dollars and people. to have a secure border. I dont think there is any question but that that needs to be done and needs to be done soon so that the problem that exists because of having a porous border doesnt continue to exist in the future. There is general agreement that over time. as immigrants come here for jobs. employers will need to report as to the citizenship status of the people they employ. There needs to be a system to do that so it can be part of the way of enforcing lawful immigration into this country. Further. I think most people dont disagree with the idea of immigration. The question. at least in my view. is illegal immigration. I am opposed to illegal immigration. and I think we have to do something to see that it doesnt continue to happen. The challenge is: How do we handle those folks who are here. whether it is 12 million or whatever the number is? I think that is where we are in the controversy. and I understand that.
Keywords matched
immigrants illegal immigration immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
undocumented_immigrants
Sentiment
Mixed
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
CRAIG THOMAS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WY
Gender
M
Date
2006-04-06
Speech ID
1090122441
Paragraph
#1
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