Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960255322

You travel around this country and you will find that often people are hostile about this issue. They ask. "What are you going to do?" ".I see they dont like the menuwell if that is the case then dont feed them." "If they dont like it here then ship them out." "Why are we having these criminals and thugs dumped on us?" Anyone that does not see the volatility of this situation is misreading the public mood. The American peopleand especially the unemployed of all racesare deeply puzzled when they observe an unacceptable unemployment rate among the citizens of our Nation and. then find that we are supporting these refugees with supplemental social security payments. various financial support systems. food. clothing. employmentall at a time when our own citizens are traumatized by the economic malaise that has gripped this country. We are not dealing with things very well. It is difficult to tell a man who has lost his job that it is our "historical and compassionate duty" to care for those less fortunate than ourselves. He is not listening. The people of American know that immigration to the United States is I out of hand. They know with common- I sense reality that millions and millions c of people around this globe want to come f to America. The reasons are obvious.
Identified stereotypes
Refugees are described as criminals and thugs who are being dumped on the country.
Keywords matched
immigration refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALAN SIMPSON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
960255322
Paragraph
#1
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