Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100052773

Well. what are we going to do? What is important is that if we find out a person comes in and the family has tuberculosis and the individual says: Well. I am not sure I am going to treat you because I am not sure you are an American citizen or if you are undocumented or if your papers are right. so I am not sure we are going to treat you. and that family has tuberculosis. the child goes into a classroom with a communicable disease and infects a number of American children? This is the typical kind of challenge. On immunization: Immunization is down in this country dramatically.
Identified stereotypes
Undocumented immigrants are associated with spreading disease.
Keywords matched
undocumented

Classification

Also mentioned
American citizen
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
2007-06-05
Speech ID
1100052773
Paragraph
#2
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