Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980240055

The result has been a combination of less defense against narcotics traffic. delays in commerce and tourism. and the deterioration of Customs personnel morale and safety. Already this year we have had one tragedy and several neartragedies involving Customs inspectors. Last January. an inspector on the bridge in Del Rio. TX was murdered after being kidnapped from his post. Had there been more than two inspectors on the bridge. this tragedy might have been avoided. Every day. cars are stopped at border crossings with Mexico for unreasonably long periods of time. This only helps to impede trade. and for the United StatesMexico border. sustain the border recession caused by the peso devaluation. Ports such as Miami.
Keywords matched
border crossing

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RONALD COLEMAN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1984-08-02
Speech ID
980240055
Paragraph
#0
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