Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100059996

My constituents dont understand why this Congress can find such huge sums to build a fence that could destroy the border economy and take away their lobs. yet we cant find $100 million to fix their levees and save millions of lives or a few million dollars to build them the veterans hospital for which they have been begging for years. Frankly. I dont have a good answer for them. We have the technology to create a virtual fence. The money saved by not constructing a physical fence could be used to hire more Border Patrol agents and law enforcement personnel who are still going to be needed even if we build a physical fence. At the very least. my communities. who are going to have to live with the consequences of this fence. should be able to have their concerns heard and taken seriously before a fence is constructed. I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment.
Keywords matched
Border Patrol

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
RUBEN HINOJOSA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
2007-06-18
Speech ID
1100059996
Paragraph
#1
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