Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990081230

It can be and it is. as our reporter Lisa Petrillo and photographer Bill Romero documented in last Mondays San Diego Union. Now. more members of Congress must see all this for themselves. Immigration reform. Including a proper guestworker program. will remain only a dream unless Congress can at last be stirred to action. An adequate guestworker program would legalize migrant labor and wipe away the shame of the spider holes and the exploitation they symbolize. That. and a greatly reinforced Border Patrol. could restore a semblance of order along a chaotic. dangerous border. For two consecutive sessions. Congress has failed to pass the comprehensive Immigration reform measure known as the SimpsonMazzoli bill. A modified version is pending before Congress again. Let those inclined toward apathy or opposition visit here before they vote.
Keywords matched
Immigration Border Patrol migrant

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
RON PACKARD
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1985-09-09
Speech ID
990081230
Paragraph
#3
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