Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-01-12-pt1-PgS299-2_t9

He is also supported by extremist groups like Operation Rescue that defend the murder of doctors and the vilification and criminalization of women. With him as Attorney General, American women would understandably feel less secure about those rights. On religious freedom, Senator Sessions has advocated for using a religious test to determine which immigrants can enter this country. When this issue arose in committee, Senator Sessions was the only Senator--the only Senator--to argue forcefully for religious tests and against principles of religious liberty that have animated our Republic since its founding. With Senator Sessions as Attorney General, a Trump administration would enjoy a permanent green light for any racially or religiously discriminatory immigration policy that might appeal to him. On citizenship, Senator Sessions has called for abolishing a time- honored tradition that dates back to reconstruction. Birthright citizenship is the distinctly American concept that anyone born on our soil is a citizen of our country.
Keywords matched
immigration immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD BLUMENTHAL
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
CT
Gender
Date
2017-01-12
Speech ID
CREC-2017-01-12-pt1-PgS299-2_t9
Paragraph
#1
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