Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100051632

Madam President. I have two purposes for rising at this point. One is to speak to the amendment offered by the distinguished Senator from Iowa and then to speak substantively. as we get into a full debate of comprehensive immigration reform. to lay out some parameters I hope all of our colleagues will consider. Let me start off with the Grassley amendment. I rise in strong opposition to the amendment. It abolishes the lastunderlinedremnant of judicial review on visa revocations. During the course of this week and the week when we come back. we are often going to hear terrorism invoked as the reason we must act in certain ways. Some of those ways ultimately undermine the essence of the Constitution of the United States and the equal protection clause.
Keywords matched
visa immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT MENENDEZ
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
2007-05-24
Speech ID
1100051632
Paragraph
#0
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