Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980219122

And we have to keep the confidence of the American people in the laws that we have. By putting legalization in this bill. we have in large measure lost the confidence of the American people in what we are trying to do. While on the one hand they very strongly support the employer sanctions and the efforts to toughen the immigration laws to regain control and to have fair immigration legally into this country. they oppose the idea and the unfairness that is inherent in legalization. Now. how is legalization in this bill. or amnesty. as it is called. unfair? Well. it is unfair clearly. very unfair. to the millions who have stood in line for years for the opportunity to come to the United States legally. and they are still standing in line all over the world for that opportunity.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
BILL MCCOLLUM
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
FL
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-20
Speech ID
980219122
Paragraph
#1
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