Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980219567

There are people now who are saying. "What shall I do in order to comply?" What I say to them is do nothing at this point. The best thing to do is to wait until such time as the President not only signs the bill. but wait until that time as the mechanism for legalization is put in place. At that particular time. then take the first step and go to your local organizations which will screen these individuals. for if they go to the Department of Immigration. they will be losing their cause. The Department of Immigration will know where they are and where they have been. and if they happen not to qualify under these very stringent rules that we have. then these individuals will find themselves in a position that perhaps they would even be deportable. So what I say is let us wait. Let us find out what that mechanism is. and then urge the people who may come under that provision to go out and talk to their churches. to their various community organizations. and let them advise them as to what they should be doing.
Keywords matched
Immigration deportable

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD ROYBAL
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-20
Speech ID
980219567
Paragraph
#1
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