Analysis · Floor speech · beta

Charles E. Schumer

Democrat on Immigration and Customs Enforcement 2026-07-14

428 words · 24 sentences · 31 clauses

Statement grade

Average 92 / 100

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Positioning 11%Claims 36%Promise 5%Reasoning 29%Procedure 2%The ask 17%

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Mr. President, Positioning · 18 wordshow long will Republicans let Trump’s secret police continue to sow chaos and violence in our American streets?Positioning Claims · 34 wordsFor the second time in less than a week, ICE agents fatally shot someone, first in Texas and again in Maine yesterday.¹ There are still a lot of unanswered questions about these two shootings, Positioning · 12 wordsbut what little we do know is disturbing, to say the least.Positioning Claims · 24 wordsBoth cases appear to have involved ICE agents who were not wearing body cameras--killing individuals who were not the subject of the agents’ warrant. Positioning · 9 wordsWhy were these two people shot at and killed?Positioning Claims · 31 wordsWe don’t know the answers. There are no body cameras yet. There are no body cameras as we would require. The ICE agents in Texas were also riding in unmarked vehicles.² Promise · 20 wordsIf Republicans had passed our bill, there would be body cameras, proper agent ID, warrant requirements, ³and other commonsense reforms, Reasoning · 7 wordsand these killings might not have happened. Positioning · 7 wordsI hope our Republican colleagues are listening.Positioning Reasoning · 40 wordsIf they had passed our reforms, these killings might not have happened. With those reforms, we would have at least had a better idea as to what exactly happened so that we could have avoided further killings in the future. Claims · 39 wordsInstead, Republicans poured tens of billions of dollars into Trump’s rogue Agencies with no strings attached--no strings attached.⁴ While every other police department in America has rules, our Republican colleagues and Trump said: No rules. Do whatever you want. Procedure · 10 wordsAnd look at the results. Look at what has happened.Procedure Reasoning · 26 wordsIt is dangerous to give ICE agents free rein when we expect every other law enforcement agency in the country to follow basic codes of conduct. Claims · 26 wordsAllowing unidentified Federal agents to roam through American streets, to kick down people’s doors without a warrant, to shoot people dead in the street without any--any--provocation, Reasoning · 17 wordsas it might well have been here, is an invitation for state-sanctioned violence, not an immigration policy. The ask · 25 wordsI am calling on the Trump administration to release all information related to these two shootings, and we need to conduct independent investigations of each. Reasoning · 16 wordsThe American people need to know how and why this chaos is spreading through their streets. The ask · 40 wordsRepublicans who refuse to go along with real reforms of ICE--reforms that we see in every police department in the country--should pivot, change their minds, realize these shootings were just awful and work with us to reform this rogue Agency. Reasoning · 18 wordsThe American people need to know, of course, how and why this chaos is spreading through their streets, The ask · 9 wordsand we need a complete investigation that is independent.

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What the tags mean

Signal · 84

6 of 6 deductions are Signal

Signal checks whether every part makes a point, gives a reason, or asks for action. A low score means the speaker filled time with fluff, pleasantries, or attacks.

Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “how long will Republicans let Trump’s secret police continue to sow chaos and violence in our American streets?”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “but what little we do know is disturbing, to say the least.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “Why were these two people shot at and killed?”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “I hope our Republican colleagues are listening.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “And look at the results.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Look at what has happened.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · no score

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Respect · no score

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Respect checks whether the speaker argued with people’s positions and records rather than attacking the people: insults, mockery, or bad motives assigned to them. Criticism of what someone did, however strong, is not marked.

Clarity · 100

0 of 6 deductions are Clarity

Clarity checks for plain speaking, clear ownership of actions, and honest limits on certainty. A low score means vague promises or evasive language.

Nothing lost points.

Claims · 4

This list shows the factual statements you can check for yourself: the words as said, and the claim restated to stand on its own.

1“For the second time in less than a week, ICE agents fatally shot someone, first in Texas and again in Maine yesterday”ICE agents fatally shot someone in Texas and again in Maine on 2026-07-13, the second such fatal shooting in less than a week.search
2“The ICE agents in Texas were also riding in unmarked vehicles”The ICE agents involved in the fatal Texas shooting were riding in unmarked vehicles.search
3“If Republicans had passed our bill, there would be body cameras, proper agent ID, warrant requirements”Democrats proposed a bill requiring ICE body cameras, proper agent ID, and warrant requirements that Republicans did not pass.search
4“Republicans poured tens of billions of dollars into Trump’s rogue Agencies with no strings attached”Republicans provided tens of billions of dollars in funding to ICE and related agencies without attached conditions.search

Analyzed on 2026-09-15