Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090136239

It would be based on the fact of alleged extreme hardship through a spouse. parent. or child of such alien who is a citizen. The fact is. a total of 6 million illegal aliens in the United States currently. according to the Pew Hispanic Center. have an American citizen child or spouse. It would also. as I read this. purport to waive removal for aggravated felons and would result in a green card for this class of individuals. irrespective of payment of taxes. any requirement they learn English. or paying a finewhich we have been told are the essential ingredients of earned legalization. So this is really a backdoor way of undermining the compromise we have been told is very delicate and fragile and should not be messed with. So I would think those Senators who believe that is actually true would vote against the Durbin amendment because it does seek to undermine that compromise.
Keywords matched
illegal aliens green card

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN CORNYN
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
2006-05-22
Speech ID
1090136239
Paragraph
#0
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