Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090173348

Mr. Speaker. I stand to explain my votes on the immigration bills that this Congress considered today. I applaud our decision to pass the Border Tunnel Prevention Act . which would make it illegal for any person to build or finance a crossborder tunnel and for any person to use such a tunnel to smuggle drugs. weapons. or undocumented immigrants. These tunnels have become remarkably sophisticated ways for lawbreakers to enter our 52. Pt. 14 18841 country. and I strongly support this bill to ban their construction and use. This is. at least. a small step to better border patrol. But though we took one small step forward today. it is not enough. Instead of working on real reform. we passed the socalled "Community Protection Act" .
Keywords matched
undocumented border patrol immigrants immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MD
Gender
M
Date
2006-09-19
Speech ID
1090173348
Paragraph
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