Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100052894

I want to bring my brother or sister here. This legislation. as currently drafted. does away with the rights of U.S. citizens to make that claim if. in fact. those individuals have not filed their application before May 1. 2005. It is important to pay attention to that May 1. 2005 date because it is nearly 2 years before the cutoff for people who are here in an undocumented statusthose who didnt follow the law. obey the rules. and those who may obviously have no U.S. citizen to claim them. So it actually says to a U.S. citizen and a U.S. permanent resident: You have an inferior right and a right that is now lost because it exists under the law as it is today. That right is lost. and your right is inferior to the rights of those individuals who have not followed the rules and obeyed the law.
Keywords matched
undocumented

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT MENENDEZ
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
2007-06-05
Speech ID
1100052894
Paragraph
#1
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