Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100053879

In 1996. we required. as I said. this USVISIT system to have an exit component by 2005. and it is still not complete. Do you think that in 1996. Members of the Congress and Members of the Senate went out and told their constituents that we are working on Immigration. we passed a bill that will have an exit system in 10 years or 9 years. and that will help us enforce the law. and I am so proud we passed that? What good is it to pass it if it never happens? It hasnt happened yet. and it is not required through the trigger. which is the only thing that can require it to work. According to the Pew Hispanic Centers 2006 report entitled "Modes of Entry for Unauthorized Migrant Population": 4 to 5.5 million of the current illegal alien population "entered legally" and are nonimmigrant visa overstayers. Despite what we know about the overstay rates. the USVISIT exit system is not made part of the trigger. That is a very big loophole.
Keywords matched
visa illegal alien Migrant Immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
2007-06-06
Speech ID
1100053879
Paragraph
#20
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