Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980177927

Mr. President. the American people want our immigration laws enforced. Yet Congress refuses to give the Immigration and Naturalization Service the resources to do that job. Instead. Congress seems determined to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens prior to regaining control over our borders. In the March 23 issue of the Los Angeles Times. Prof. William G. Hollingsworth of the University of Tulsa makes a convincing argument that such a premature amnesty would only make the illegal alien problem worse. I hope my colleagues in both the Senate and House of Representatives will carefully consider his cogent essay before enacting any amnesty plan. I ask that his article "On Immigration. First Things FirstAmnesty for Illegal Aliens Must Await Control of Our Borders"-be printed in the RECORD. The article referred to follows:
Keywords matched
Immigration illegal alien Naturalization immigration Illegal Aliens illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN EAST
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
1984-04-11
Speech ID
980177927
Paragraph
#0
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