Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-01-31-pt1-PgH808_t1

And how are we going to protect America by building a wall? What is it going to cost? 15, 20, 30 billion dollars? Most people who look at the immigration issue rationally would say it is not going to solve the problem. And besides that, the problem is dramatically reduced as a result of the Mexican economy growing and jobs being available there as a result of the enormous build-up that has already occurred with the Border Patrol and the immigration service. We have seen a dramatic reduction. I was told today by some people that work in this field in California that the people who are coming into the United States illegally are mothers and children from Central America who are seeking refuge from the horrible gangs and violence in Central America. They are not sneaking over the border. They are presenting themselves at the border as refugees. We will come back to the refugee issue in a few moments. How proud he looks, signing yet another executive order, this one on a wall. We are going to build a wall, 1,400 miles of wall between the United States and Mexico.
Keywords matched
immigration refugee Border Patrol refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Central Americans
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN GARAMENDI
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
Date
2017-01-31
Speech ID
CREC-2017-01-31-pt1-PgH808_t1
Paragraph
#1
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