Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090173491

Obviously. it is not like what Mr. BERMAN wants either. And if you dont like the bill. just vote "no." as you have on many immigration bills. But this is what we have today. and the American people want to see us proceed. This bill reasserts that State and law enforcement can and should help Federal officers on immigration law whenever they reasonably can and if they choose to. What a weird thought. We might get help from our local law enforcement as they do in drug enforcement. It is a policy that our law enforcement community has conducted successfully for decades in helping this government. the Federal Government. enforce Federal drug and racketeering laws. This is not new. Why then the outrage and the mass lobbying against it by the proillegal immigration crowd. or should I say open border crowd? Because this bill goes to the heart of our enforcement problem. that is. simply a lack of enforcement. That has been our problem. Across the board. from the borders to the workplace to illegal immigrant crime. we have allowed the odds to become hopelessly stacked against enforcement. In regards to rounding up criminal illegal aliens. we currently have roughly 5.000 Federal agents trying to apprehend 500.000 illegal aliens with court orders against them. Eighty thousand of them are serious felons. such as murderers. drug dealers. child molesters. and rapists. Vote against this bill if you want those people to stay out on the street.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrant illegal aliens immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHARLES NORWOOD
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
2006-09-20
Speech ID
1090173491
Paragraph
#0
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