Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100051908

What we see in the underlying bill is an elimination for the most part. a significant right of U.S. citizens dramatically reduced. The Senators amendment actually will allow not for everybody. It still will have a certain degree of limitation because last year we gave 120.000 visas to parents. The Senatorwhich I think is reasonablehas looked at the historic average. and this says this is the amount that at least generally has taken place in family reunification of a U.S. citizen claiming their parents. When I hear chain migration. how dehumanizing. Chain migration. it makes me think of a bunch of paper clips hanging together. Chain migration. is that what we have come to? Parents are part of a little chain? There is this concern that they will be able to claim someone else.
Keywords matched
visas Chain migration chain migration family reunification

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT MENENDEZ
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
2007-05-24
Speech ID
1100051908
Paragraph
#0
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