Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090142775

I think. to slow down and address a lifechanging issue in detail and see where the system has been overwhelmed in the past and make sure that we dont make the mistake that I think democracy makes a lot in the legislative process of taking something. sticking a bunch of new patches on it. and hoping it will solve the problem. Patches on an old used tire almost inevitably start to leak at some point in time. and then rupture. and the tire goes flat. I think when it comes to immigration laws. it is time to buy a new tire. not just put in a patch tube or stick patches on the tire. We need to look at our immigration laws of this country from top to bottom and in a very businesslike and studious manner. come up with solutions for the problems that are going to face the people that I have described here tonight. There is estimated. as I said. 11 to 15 mile people that have come into this country. The other day we were on the border in a place where there was a triple fence and a ditch at our border. [3 2330 A very interesting aside. it was explained to us in El Paso. the construction of that fence and ditch. which has been there now quite awhile. but when that was put up. street crime in El Paso dropped so substantially that El Paso went from one of the worst street crime cities in the Nation of a population of over 500.000 and less than a million. to today. after construction of the fence. street crime in El Paso.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN CARTER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
2006-06-08
Speech ID
1090142775
Paragraph
#2
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