Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090179773

Do you see the weakness in the logic and the weakness in the argument of a 700mile fence on a 2.000mile border? It is obvious. It is pretty clear to me that this political bidding war on a border fence has more to do with the security of those who are up for reelection in just a few weeks than the security of America. You do not have to be a law enforcement expert or an engineering expert to know that this fence. as it has been defined in this bill. is so expensiveS6 billionand that we are now passing a homeland security bill that has $1.2 billion. not nearly enough to even start and build half of this fence. So the realistic thing to do. as the Senator from Colorado and I have tried to do. is to work for sensible fences. sensible barriers. the best technology. the best security personnel. work for those processes and technologies that will truly make sure the illegal immigrants stop coming across our border. I thank the Senator from Colorado for his leadership.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants border fence

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD DURBIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
2006-09-29
Speech ID
1090179773
Paragraph
#0
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