Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100160628

And it is pointedly to focus on really what we would call heroes. fighters against apartheid in South Africa. who shed their blood so that South Africa could be the reconciled nation that it is today. President Mbeki. former President Mandela. "Father Mandela." as he is called. and many of the seniors who are now in their retiring years. who. when they come to the United States. are detained. interrogated. and embarrassed by our own treatment of these heroes. this goes to the very point of the expanded use in the United States of the word "terrorism" and the utilization of it by preventing innocent people. people who have been heroes. to come into this country. This is not necessarily a strict immigration bill. It is people who are coming into the country legally. but because they have been freedom fighters. somewhat the way that Dr. Martin Luther King stood nonviolently for rights here in this country. these individuals had to be in the midst of an encounter. if you will. to provide the safety and security for their people.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Other Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SHEILA JACKSON LEE
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
F
Date
2008-05-07
Speech ID
1100160628
Paragraph
#0
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