Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-06-28-pt1-PgH5244_t48

Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3003. This is a very positive first step toward coming to grips with an issue that has divided this country because it is causing great damage to so many Americans. What we are talking about is not immigrant hysteria. That type of mixing legal immigrants with illegal immigrants, that is the true racism because it hurts those people who have come here legally. Now, what we have got here are legal immigrants who are being cast into the same pot as illegals, with the opposition to this bill. People who are here legally understand that we need protection for people who are here in this country against, especially, criminals who come from overseas and illegal aliens who are criminals, at that. Working Americans of every race, religion, and ethnic group have seen that their families are less secure, and they are even sometimes being murdered by the insane lack of action on the part of our government to protect our citizens. Our number one responsibility is to make sure our own people, legal immigrants, and all Americans of every race, creed, and color are protected. And what do they see? This massive flood of illegals coming into our country, taking jobs, bidding down wages, lowering the education standards and the healthcare that most Americans rely upon.
Keywords matched
immigrants illegal immigrants illegal aliens immigrant

Classification

Also mentioned
immigrants_general
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
DANA ROHRABACHER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
—
Date
2017-06-28
Speech ID
CREC-2017-06-28-pt1-PgH5244_t48
Paragraph
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