Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980084413

Honduras. Guatemala. Belize. and ultimately Mexico. then we are going to see not only military consequences that will involve American boys and spill American blood. we are also going to see economic chaos unparalleled in the history of our country. because 10 million refugees will be coming into this country. We will not be able to turn our back on them. Illegal aliens we can send back but our policy has always been to accept with open arms refugees fleeing oppression. If we get 10 million refugees. can you imagine the economic impact that is going to have on the United States of America? I submit to you and to the people of this country that not only is freedom at stake. military problems are at stake. but also the economic survivability of America is at stake. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to think very closely about this legislation as they ponder it in the weeks to come.
Keywords matched
Illegal aliens refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Illegal aliens
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
DAN BURTON
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IN
Gender
M
Date
1983-08-01
Speech ID
980084413
Paragraph
#0
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