Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100009225

ChunMei "Alice" HsuLiang. foreign nationals who live in San Bruno. CA. I have decided to offer private relief immigration bills on their behalf because I believe that. without it. this hardworking couple and their three United States citizen children would endure an immense and unfair hardship. Indeed. without this legislation. this family may not remain a family for much longer. The Liangs are foreign nationals facing deportation on account of their overstay of visitors visas and the failure of their previous attorney to time153. Pt. 2 2491 ly file a suspension of deportation application before the immigration laws changed in 1996. Mr. Liang is a foreign national and refugee from Laos. His wife is a citizen of Taiwan. They entered the United States 24 years ago as tourists and established residency in the San Bruno. CA. Because they overstayed the terms of their temporary visas. they now face deportation from the United States. After living here for so many years. removal from the United States would not come easily or perhaps without tearing this family apart. The Liangs have three children born in this country: Wesley. 15 years old. Bruce. 12 years old. and Eva. 9 years old. Young Wesley suffers from asthma and has a history of social and emotional anxiety. The immigration judge who presided over the Llangs case in 1997 concluded that there was no question that the Liang children would be adversely impacted if they were required to leave their relatives and friends behind in California to follow their parents to Taiwan. a country whose language and culture is unfamiliar to them. I can only imagine how much more they would be adversely impacted now given the passage of 9 more years. The Liangs have filed annual income tax returns. established a successful business.
Keywords matched
refugee visas deportation immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Taiwanese
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Legal / procedural Family values

Speaker & context

Speaker
DIANNE FEINSTEIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
F
Date
2007-01-30
Speech ID
1100009225
Paragraph
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