Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-01-31-pt1-PgS505_t1

There are iris scans. It is the most extreme vet you can imagine. Of course, because it was so extreme, we realized that the hole in our system was not the refugees; it was, in fact, the Visa Waiver Program, which is why we passed a law after Paris to make sure that anybody who was in certain countries had to get a visa. Obama didn't do a travel ban. Obama never identified countries for a travel ban. All President Obama did was say: If you have been in these countries, you have to have a visa so we have information on you. I wanted to clarify that because the misinformation that is coming out of the White House about what we currently have and what is in place is an insult. I wish they understood the vetting processes we have in place now for refugees; then maybe we could get back to really joining arms and trying to figure out what we can do for national security. One thing we need to do for national security is not give the back of our hand to the pilots and the other soldiers who are fighting shoulder to shoulder with us in Iraq against ISIS. I yield the remainder of my hour of postclosure debate time under rule XXII to Senator Schumer.
Keywords matched
visa Visa refugees

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
CLAIRE MCCASKILL
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MO
Gender
Date
2017-01-31
Speech ID
CREC-2017-01-31-pt1-PgS505_t1
Paragraph
#1
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