Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990079785

Mr. Speaker. I think all of us. as Members of Congress. certainly deal on a daytoday basis with cases of people who are trying to emigrate. immigrate into this country legally. I guess when we embrace the concept of blanket amnesty. what do we say to those people? What do we say to someone who for years and years petitions. waits. in many cases with severe hardship to legally come into the United States of America. to pass that Statue of Liberty. and to get that lump in the throat and feel so good about coming here legally. what do we say to them when this Congress is prepared to acceptthere are many people in this Congress who are prepared to accept blanket amnesty for the lawbreakers.
Keywords matched
emigrate immigrate

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT SMITH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NH
Gender
M
Date
1985-08-01
Speech ID
990079785
Paragraph
#0
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