Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090156389

That just is not in the American tradition of fairness. That is not what our citizens want. If the Senate bill only benefits those who came here illegally. overstayed their visa or violated their visa terms. that is not what our citizens want. Do we really want these lawbreakers as new citizens of our great Nation? Should we cave to lawbreakers who take to our streets waving other countries flags and demanding rights? Mr. Speaker. I am not opposed to legal immigration in any way. shape. or form. As a matter of fact. everyone here. their ancestors were immigrants. I have certainly come to respect the process that people go through to become Americans. Obviously. we in Florida. in particular. have a lot of immigrants who came here from a very dictatorial country. Cuba. and these people are some of the most passionate people about the rights of citizenship in America and how the illegals should go through the process legally. They want to make sure that their neighbor. the person who may be driving their children on a school bus. that they have had some sort of a background check.
Keywords matched
visa immigrants immigration

Classification

Also mentioned
Cubans
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
VIRGINIA BROWN-WAITE
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
FL
Gender
F
Date
2006-07-11
Speech ID
1090156389
Paragraph
#9
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