Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970243418

I am attaching this amendment to House Joint Resolution 599 to help Mrs. Tessie Marfori and her young son. Ricky. of Madison. Wis. Mrs. Marfori and her son were paroled into the United States in 1973 to be with her husband who was undergoing treatment for cancer. As the brother of an American citizen. he was a prospective fifth preference immigrant but died in 1979 before a quota number became available for him. Had the Marforis been from any other country than the Philippines. a fifth preference number would have become available to him prior to his death and second preference numbers for his wife and child would have followed. Mrs.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM PROXMIRE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
1982-09-29
Speech ID
970243418
Paragraph
#0
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