Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970141287

Surprisingly. the American taxpayer has not yet realized that he is footing part of the bill. An overwhelming 69 percent of these students are at taxsubsidized state or community colleges. A December 22 Washington Post article entitled "Boatlift Bloat Sends Angry Florida Officials Into Tropical Politics" lists some side effects of the influx of refugees on Dade County. Florida. Some Dade County women have given birth in the hallways at Jackson Memorial Hosptlal because delivery rooms were Jammed. One Haitian child is born every six hours at Jackson. which is battling Washington for $6 million in unreimbursed Medicaid costs for refugees. The hopsital is considering turning refugees away at the door. which a county official acknowledges would violate state law and leave the Haitians no place to go. In one year. the Dade County school system has had to hire teachers and build
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refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
Unknown
Party
Chamber
State
Gender
Date
1982-02-25
Speech ID
970141287
Paragraph
#2
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