Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980219359

The present situation truly is offering unfair economic competition against the lowest levels on our economic spectrum of American citizens. So that is our choice. and I think our choice should be. as it always has been except in rare instances. that of the bridgebuilder. not the wallbuilder. We built a wall at one time to our eternal shame. In the 1930s. those fleeing the pogroms of Nazi Germany came to many countries seeking admissionboatloads of citizens. people. refugees fleeing the awfulest persecution in the world. We. along with other countries. closed our ports and gates to them. Rejected by all nations. they returned to Nazi Germany. and many of them died in the Holocaust at places like Buchenwald.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
German refugees
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES WRIGHT
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-20
Speech ID
980219359
Paragraph
#0
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