Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970211209

Mr. President. we cannot afford to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. Estimates of the increased welfare costs that would result from amnesty range from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars. For a fraction of such amounts we could double the manpower of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Such an increase in manpower. combined with enforcement of reasonable sanctions against knowing employment of illegal aliens. could open hundreds of thousands. maybe millions. of jobs for unemployed American citizens. As Americans learn of the amnesty proposals being considered In Congress. public opposition grows. Two recent editorials expressing concern about amnesty are.
Keywords matched
Naturalization Immigration illegal aliens

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN EAST
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
1982-07-29
Speech ID
970211209
Paragraph
#0
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