Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990028040

Kok and Grace Su were born in Indonesia. Kok was born on November 10. 1952. in Kebunen. and Grace was born on June 22. 1955. in Senarang. Both received visas issued at the American Embassy in Jakarta. Indonesia. Both Kok and Grace had F1 visas. Koks visa was out of status as of 1979. and Graces was out of status as of 1977. In September 1977. Kok was informed by Immigration that there was a permanent status quota available under the preference for "investors in the U.S." He was told it required investing at least $40.000 and employing at least three U.S. citizens. Relying upon that advice. he immediately sought such an investment opportunity and in April 1978 purchased the SunDowner Restaurant in Hood River. His initial cash investment. including downpayment. purchase of signs. new equipment. inventory. and legal fees was $80.000.
Keywords matched
Immigration visas visa

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT PACKWOOD
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
OR
Gender
M
Date
1985-05-01
Speech ID
990028040
Paragraph
#0
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