Session #113 · 2013–15

Speech #1130113741

But we have also seen some bad instincts. like the armed militiamen in ski masks who have shown up at our southern border. whose leader has said that the way you keep people from coming to this country is that you point a gun at them and threaten to shoot them in the head. That is not America. The question that we must answer now is: What does it mean to be a refugee in the 21st century? Just as we offered that status to Cubans fleeing Castro. to those from the Soviet Union. to the Vietnamese. just as our adversaries have changed. they are not always state actorsthey are al Qaeda. they are ISISI would argue that so. too. have our refugees changed. and we must recognize that. This bill is not good for our country. and it doesnt reflect who we are as a people.
Keywords matched
refugees refugee

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Cubans Vietnamese
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOAQUIN CASTRO
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
2014-08-01
Speech ID
1130113741
Paragraph
#0
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