Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990082537

Moreover. most major Soviet surface combatant naval warships carry nuclear weapons aboard. We have therefore got good reason to suspect that the Soviet naval squadron en route to Mexican ports carries nuclear weapons. The reported Mexican diplomatic support for Castros Cuba and evident solidarity with the Sandinistas MarxistLeninist "revolution without borders" could result in the displacement of 10 million or more innocent refugee "feet people" from Central America. fleeing MarxistLeninist revolution there across U.S. borders. These 10 million or more Central American "feet people" refugees could vastly increase the U.S. illegal immigration problem. This bill is intended to deal with this whole problem of Mexican and Central American immigration. This would mean that we would not be discussing people who come here to work. who are only seeking employment to earn money to take back to their country to raise. feed. clothe. and house their families. The SovietCubanNicaraguan "revolution without borders" we are talking about concerns people coming here to become permanent residents of the United States. as political refugees. and it could greatly compound our problem. The Mexican Government seems to be sympathizing with the Sandinistas by agreeing to invite the Soviet nuclear delivery capable naval squadron. The Mexican Government reportedly also sympathizes with the Cuban attempt to create Latin American "debt bomb" by refusing to pay interest on bank loans. which could also add to regional economic and refugee problems. The Mexican Government also seems to sympathize with the Sandinista in the Contadora negotiating process. Mr.
Keywords matched
illegal immigration immigration refugee refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Cubans
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEVEN SYMMS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ID
Gender
M
Date
1985-09-12
Speech ID
990082537
Paragraph
#0
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