Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-01-30-pt1-PgS464-3_t0

They were rounded up with their families and held behind barbed wire like war criminals. But they had done nothing wrong; their crime was being Japanese, German, or Italian. They were labeled ``enemy aliens.'' Mark Twain reportedly said that history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme, and this seems to be the path the President has pursued with his Muslim ban. This ban has already harmed green card holders, students, business people, and those fleeing violence and persecution. Remember, these are the people fleeing the violence, not the perpetrators of the violence. They are the victims, not the criminals.
Keywords matched
green card

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Germans Italians Muslims
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
BRIAN SCHATZ
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
HI
Gender
Date
2017-01-30
Speech ID
CREC-2017-01-30-pt1-PgS464-3_t0
Paragraph
#0
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