Session #114 · 2015–17

Speech #1140098848

I think that is the right way to go forward. But to suggest that asking the Library of Congress to use terms that are consistent with the laws of this land that this body has voted on. that the Senate has voted on. and that the President of the United States has signed into law is. in some way. pejorative. words that have been used by the Supreme Court just in recent weeks are pejorative. inflammatory. and dehumanizing. I would suggest to the minority that even some of the most liberal justices have used the term "illegal alien" or "illegal immigrant" just in the last couple of weeks and they are not racist. they are not using negative terms. they are not dehumanizing any individual. they are using U.S. law terminology. I can understand the disagreement with the terms. I can respect that. but that is the law.
Keywords matched
illegal alien illegal immigrant

Classification

Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
TOM GRAVES
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
2016-06-09
Speech ID
1140098848
Paragraph
#0
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