Session #113 · 2013–15

Speech #1130114334

Madam Speaker. the President continues to claim that if Congress wont act on immigration issues. he will. but the House has acted and recently passed legislation to address the border crisis. The President still threatens to grant amnesty by executive order. but such actions run counter to his own statements about the illegality of enacting such immigration policies on his own. In 2011. the President stated: I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books. Now. I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the immigration laws on my own. That is not how our Constitution is written. He stated as recently as last fall that. "If. in fact.
Keywords matched
immigration border crisis

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
LAMAR SMITH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
2014-09-08
Speech ID
1130114334
Paragraph
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