Target Group

Syrian

520 mentions across 23 congressional sessions
Includes mentions classified as: syrian american, syrian americans, syrian children, syrian children refugees, syrian citizen, syrian emigrants, syrian immigrant, syrian immigrants, syrian nationals, syrian people, syrian refugee, syrian refugee children, syrian refugee family, syrian refugee population, syrian refugees, syrians

Partisan sentiment over time

Share of syrian mentions by sentiment, per session — stratified by party

Partisan stereotyping rate

Share of syrian mentions flagged as stereotyping, stratified by party

Framing categories over time

Share of syrian mentions by rhetorical framing, per congressional session

Humanitarian Security threat Victim Legal / procedural Economic threat Economic contributor

Mentions over time

Syrian mentions per 1,000 speeches analyzed, per session — stacked by party

Geographic distribution

Total syrian mentions by state, 1873–2025

All mentions

Every classified paragraph mentioning syrian across all sessions (520 total)

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