Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980217293

There are some that feel that the Salvadoran guerrillas should be permitted to shoot their way into the Salvadoran Government but feel that the Contras in Nicaragua are not a legitimate revolutionary revolution and therefore should be discouraged. I find it intriguing that we have an amendment that would subsidize the Contras to surrender and go away and relocate themselves elsewhere. That is one that really disturbs me. because if we start a flood of refugees in Central America. I know where the first ones are coming. They are coming to my State. But they will be in other States eventually. We already have an enormous illegal alien problem. I think some of my friends who are not from border States do not perhaps fully appreciate the problem. And. of course.
Keywords matched
illegal alien refugees

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN TOWER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-18
Speech ID
980217293
Paragraph
#0
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