Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970225162

We are pitting the wives and children of legalized aliens against the brothers and sisters of American citizens. That is a fine howdoyoudo for this Nation. I mean. how did we get ourselves into this particular bind when the real problem has been that we have the undocumented people moving on across borders down through the Southwest as a result of 32 percent unemployment. a population in Mexico that is going to double in the next 20 years. and as the result of the gross mismanagement of the Cuban situation under the previous administration? Absolutely inexcusable. With all of the human tragedy which has been spoken about so eloquently by both Senators from Florida. and has been-
Keywords matched
undocumented

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1982-08-13
Speech ID
970225162
Paragraph
#1
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