Unidentified speaker urges legislators to stand and affirm "first duty" to protect American citizens

An unidentified speaker at the session invited legislators to "join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle" and asked those who agreed to stand and show support.

The speaker said: "The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens," then admonished colleagues who did not stand, saying, "You should be ashamed of yourself not standing up." The speaker repeated the admonishment during the brief address.

The remarks were a public exhortation and did not include a motion, formal proposal, or subsequent vote recorded in the transcript. The session transcript contains no name for the speaker and provides no record of any legislative action taken in response to the appeal.

Because the speaker was not identified in the transcript, reporting uses the label "Unidentified Speaker" and attributes direct quotes to that label. The statement that the government's "first duty" is to protect citizens is presented as the speaker's claim and is not asserted here as an established fact or legal finding.

The session moved on without any recorded formal action or amendment tied to this appeal.