Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100050960

There are consequences to making these kinds of choices. That is a preference given to people who have come Illegally over someone waiting outside the country to come legally. Fifth. a Z visa holder will be able to get a green card through their own separate point system and without being subject to the regular annual numerical limits. This is a huge benefit to them. In other words. they will not have to compete with other persons around the world on a merit basis. as we are supposed to be moving to. but. in fact. they will have an inside track. They will not be in a line that has the standard numerical limit. instead they will have their own like. so that at most they will have to wait only 5 years for a green card after they are eligible for one. That makes clear to meI think it is clear to anyonethe way the bill is now written there is a preference given in quite a number of areas on the question of citizenship. as well as other questions. frankly. that they get benefits over persons who came here waiting to come legally or came locally. In fact. another thing they have left out of the billand it was in last years billthey do not have to pay back taxes. So the illegal alien community that has been working here for half a dozen yearsand we hear there are so many of them. and many of them have decentpaying jobs. I think that is true. quite a number do have decentpaying jobs and are supposed to be paying taxes. If they did not pay their taxes. they dont have to pay them as a condition for getting z visa amnesty. American citizens have not been exempted from paying their taxes for those same years. That is just true.
Keywords matched
visa illegal alien green card

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
2007-05-23
Speech ID
1100050960
Paragraph
#4
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