Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090133778

Would this amendment make his use of Spanish illegalor does the Constitutions "speech and debate" clause mean that the rule that he is asking us to adopt applies to everyone else but not to Senators? Now. the distinguished Senator from Tennessee is on the Senate floor. It was only a few weeks ago that we worked together to adopt the Alexander amendment to S. 2454. the immigration bill we debated in April. The text of Senator ALEXANDERS amendment is included in S. 2611. the bill before us now. The Alexander amendment created a grant program to promote the integration of immigrants into our democracy by teaching civics. history and the English language. That is the right approach for America to take. The Inhofe amendment takes the opposite approach. the wrong approach and has the effect of stigmatizing those who grew up where Spanish or Chinese or other great languages were spoken.
Keywords matched
immigrants immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
PATRICK LEAHY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
VT
Gender
M
Date
2006-05-18
Speech ID
1090133778
Paragraph
#0
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