Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970021526

Its federally subsidized housing for the poor. And it is rapidly becoming a symbol of the excesses that critics say are endemic in the governments most expensiveand perhaps its most ambitioushousing program.The Washington Post. "TaJ Mahal in New York: Symptom of Rent Subsidy Headaches." August 16. 1980. Preliminary inquiries by congressional investigators strongly suggest that substantial numbers of illegal aliens receive federal housing subsidies while hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens wait months or years for similar assistance. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has taken the position that there is no legal basis for inquiring into the citizenship status of persons applying for federal housing subsidies.-The Washington Star. "Many Illegal Aliens Draw Housing Aid While U.S. Citizens Wait. GAO Study Finds." Federally financed housing under the Section 8 program lines the pockets of developers and investors lucky enough to get in on the system.
Keywords matched
Illegal Aliens illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CO
Gender
M
Date
1981-04-27
Speech ID
970021526
Paragraph
#1
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