Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980219407

More recent events reflect some indication of a change in a more positive direction. one that I hope would enhance the effort to improve the human rights environment in Haiti. However. that remains to be seen. and I could not in good conscience rest assured that any and all Haitians that might be returned to Haiti would not suffer programmed or arbitrary abuse. There has been much discussion that the Haitian refugees are simply economic refugees and therefore not entitled to refuge in our country. This simplistic and distorted assertion einanates from a theoretical assumption that economics and politics are separable. This was not asserted nor could it be in the case of the Indochinese refuges.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Indochinese refuges
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
WALTER FAUNTROY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
DC
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-20
Speech ID
980219407
Paragraph
#1
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