Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960251751

Q. Mr. Secretary. on another subject. regarding the Cuban refugees. two questions. if I may: (One) why hasnt the United States done more to project this into the international public forum. in effect to capitalize on the disaster that Castro has with these people leaving? And secondly. what do you see of the political consequences to the Carter campaign of having all these people come in and vie for the jobs at a time of economic recession? A. With respect to the first. we have gone prior to the time I come on the sceneand sinceto other countries. Argentina and Australia are actively interested in taking some of these Cuban refugees. We have filed a strong protest note through our Interests Section. in Havana. against the sending of convicted felons to our countrythat violates international lawand we will pursue that protest. If Mr.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
NANCY KASSEBAUM
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
KS
Gender
F
Date
Speech ID
960251751
Paragraph
#1
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