Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090173391

I want them to be thwarted. and I want to make sure we have a system of protection of our borders. And. frankly. we have failed. We have failed that we dont have enough Customs and Border Protection agents so that when you come through the northern border and we note something suspicious and we are at the port of entry and we are in the outside area. there is not enough Custom and Border Protection agents that are there for what we call secondary inspection. That is shame on us. This Congress. this Republican Congress. has refuted time and time again Democratic amendments that would have generated 14.000 detention beds. increased U.S. marshals. increased Border Patrol agents. It is all falling at the feet of this majority. Now they want to rush to the floor bills that have already been passed. but yet we havent had any hearings to suggest that there might be some additions we might add.
Keywords matched
Border Protection Border Patrol

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SHEILA JACKSON LEE
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
F
Date
2006-09-20
Speech ID
1090173391
Paragraph
#2
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