Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970123566

Speaker. for 2 years I criticized the Carter administrations selectively applied "human rights" policy. Recent actions by the State Department make me wonder whether Secretary Haig is also carrying out a selective application of our foreign policy. I would like to bring to the attention of my colleagues that a visa to visit the United States has been granted to one Ian Paisley. a notorious Protestant leader in Northern Ireland who for years has promoted. encouraged. and applauded acts of violence and terrorism by the Protestant element in that troubled land. Ian Paisley has been convicted and served a prison sentence for his leadership of violent demonstrations in 1969. Paisley is now a Member of the British Parliament. and the State Department has approved his application for a visa to come here in early to midJanuary. Yet a Catholic Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland. Owen Carron. had his visa application rejected by the same State Department earlier this year. The grounds: Criteria which exclude persons who propose and legitimatize the use of violence or terrorism. I deplore violence and acts of terrorism by both sides in the north of Ireland.
Keywords matched
visa

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM CARNEY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
1981-12-07
Speech ID
970123566
Paragraph
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