Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970224182

I thank the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee for yielding to me. I. too. as does my friend from Wyoming. oppose the Helms amendment. I. too. had difficulty with the legalization proposal when I first got into the issue of immigration reform. As I sat through the hours of hearings on the subject. I came to realize that to me there is really no practical alternative for either American citizens or for the majority of illegal aliens other than legalization. I suppose that wherever you might go in most sections of America. and if any of us stand up and said that all these people should be rounded up and shipped home. there would be much agreement with our position. I think it would be very easy to go to Idaho.
Keywords matched
immigration illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHARLES GRASSLEY
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
IA
Gender
M
Date
1982-08-12
Speech ID
970224182
Paragraph
#0
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