Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970272069

President. I am being a sore looser. And I am still mad. damn mad. at the failure of the Senate to look beyond the rhetoric that so naively proclaims we must "get control of our borders." The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982 will do no such thing. It is a blind stab. an angry gesture of frustration. at a most complicated and emotional problem. If anything. I feel the bill will increase the amount of illegal immigration because of the fear outside of our borders that something might really change. As the Mexican economy teeters on collapse. the economic necessity for Mexican agricultural workers to migrate to the fields of California is increasing. We cannot turn our backs on the nation. or the people who live to the south of us.
Keywords matched
Immigration illegal immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Mixed
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAMUEL HAYAKAWA
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1982-12-16
Speech ID
970272069
Paragraph
#1
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