Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090175505

And they push additional gravel in there. Anytime we put a barrier up. they put it there. And as they brought one vehicle across at one point. some of our Border Patrol were tipped off. As this vehicle tried to get back across on the Mexican side. it got stuck. We know there were at least. the guess is. 10 tons of marijuana. We got about a 11/2 tons out. They jumped out of their vehicles with AK47s. armed heavily at our Border Patrol who then back up. which brings us to this fundamental question. Not only do these men and women deserve our credit for putting themselves at risk. not only do they have difficult jobs. and often are they outnumbered. but then this case that is occurring in Texas. without understanding all of the legal formalities. will have a chilling effect on the Border Patrols willingness to defend us. Because. if they think they are going to be prosecuted if they try to defend us. depending upon the particular angle at a given time of what someone is doing. and they are in a shootout. and the other side has guns. deliver poison into the United States in the terms of narcotics. or potentially chemical or nuclear weapons. or potentially highrisk terrorists who are willing to pay high dollars. and our Border Patrol are afraid to even risk any type of confrontation because they are going to be prosecuted by our government. how are we going to stay safe? We need to praise them for taking the risk. We need to praise them for being willing to stay out in the cold and in the heat and be outnumbered and not know what kind of guns are at them.
Keywords matched
Border Patrol

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Criminal Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
MARK SOUDER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IN
Gender
M
Date
2006-09-25
Speech ID
1090175505
Paragraph
#2
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