Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100055883

One of my proposals was that we should create a new branch of the military in order to secure the border. In 1994. 1995. and 1996. Americans were upset about our inability to distinguish between legal immigration. which is the lifeblood of our country. and illegal immigration. which is an affront to the rule of law and the principles of what it means to be an American. So this has been going on year after year after year. When I was home last week in Tennessee. I spent a lot of time listening and talking to Tennesseans. In fact. I just left a group of homebuilders from Tennessee in my office who were talking to me about the immigration bill and about some concerns they have. But of all the concerns that came through to me last week in my conversations with Tennesseans. it boils down to this: We dont really trust you guys in Washington. DC. to fix this problem.
Keywords matched
illegal immigration immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Mixed
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
LAMAR ALEXANDER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
TN
Gender
M
Date
2007-06-11
Speech ID
1100055883
Paragraph
#1
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