Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980217810

They are told by the INS that "the quotas are all filled up. so you cannot get in." and they say. "How come I cannot bring over just one relative from Poland when we have a million Cubans who have been allowed to come in. thousands of Haitians who have been allowed to come in. and millions of Vietnamese." Now how can we refuse to allow families from Poland. or Italy. or other countries to be reunited as the current law provides and at the same time certify the millions of those who are going to be provided amnesty under this bill? The other thing that concerns me has been represented by the amendment to be offered by my distinguished colleague from New York . That is what is happening down in the area where these undocumented aliens are still coming in by the thousands every day down along the Rio Grande. What are we really doing to stop this kind of enormous violation of our borders? Are we going to provide amnesty to those still coming in?
Keywords matched
undocumented

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Cubans Haitians Vietnamese Italians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAMUEL STRATTON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-19
Speech ID
980217810
Paragraph
#0
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