Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100158493

Theres a lot more to be taken up on that. As a matter of transition on the cost of this border. we are spending $8 billion on our southern border. When you calculate the cost of funding Border Patrol and all their equipment and all of the costs that are associated with that. as well as the costs of ICE and the enforcement that we have along on the border. about $8 billion a year. That is $4 million a mile. Now we can build interstate for that kind of money. Instead. we just simply want to build a couple of fences with some sensors on it and invest that money and get the return back in the first year. As we recruit Border Patrol that come to work. I ask them to keep your spirits up and get tied into the mission. Often there is a loss of notion on that lack of mission if its not clearly articulated.
Keywords matched
Border Patrol

Classification

Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEVE KING
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IA
Gender
M
Date
2008-05-01
Speech ID
1100158493
Paragraph
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