Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100023908

I still say. as we secure the border and get the confidence of the American people that we care about what is going on. and we are getting there. We need to come up with a way to identify people so we know who has the right to work and who doesnt have the right to work in this country. Then our work program. with those who are here with no pathway to citizenship. in my opinion. and then a work program for those that want to come in legally to work in a legal system. work for a period of time and go back type of system. and finally rework our immigration and naturalization laws to where they work. they are workable. And at that point in time. if you have violated the law. and you want to go for citizenship. you reapply from the nation you come from and you get in line like everybody else with some kind of penalty for having broken our laws. That makes sense. That is not something we should throw in in a quick laundry basket full of clothes. everything mixed up. and it will all work it out. We will work it out later. because. my friend from Iowa. ask the people that are in the trenches that are dealing with this immigration problem at ICE and other places. They are overwhelmed now. If you throw the 7 to 20 million that are hiding out in this country back on their shoulders to deal with. what are they going to do if we dont think this out logically?
Keywords matched
naturalization immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN CARTER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
2007-03-15
Speech ID
1100023908
Paragraph
#3
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