Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-06-29-pt1-PgH5308-2_t17

LOFGREN. In other words, this bill makes it a crime for someone to try to reenter legally. If you are a victim of human trafficking and come to a port of entry to seek protection and, ultimately, a T visa, which the law allows, you would commit a crime under this bill. If your U.S. citizen relative is critically injured and you show up at the port to ask for humanitarian parole so you can donate blood or an organ to your U.S. citizen relative, you have committed a crime. In each of these cases, you can be prosecuted and put in jail for up to 2 years, even if you ultimately win your immigration case. I also want to make a point about some of the other types of people this bill would affect. According to the U.S.
Keywords matched
immigration visa

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ZOE LOFGREN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
—
Date
2017-06-29
Speech ID
CREC-2017-06-29-pt1-PgH5308-2_t17
Paragraph
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