Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990082539

I know you have heard me say that before. But I could not say it with any greater clarity here than this is not the place for this amendment. just as I felt it was not the place to deal with the English language amendment. It is a very sensitive issue as we deal with Mexico when we are talking about reform in our own immigration laws. especially when it has to do with illegal immigration. Senator SYMMs has outlined a scenario of people coming to the great El Norte and it is true. and our Job is not to clang shut our doors. Our job is to close the door to illegal immigration and thus we leave open the door to legal immigrationthat is our history and heritage and our compassion. That is what we are about. The United States has a terribly strong interest in Mexicos economic recovery and development.
Keywords matched
immigration illegal immigration immigrationthat

Classification

Also mentioned
Mexicans
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALAN SIMPSON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WY
Gender
M
Date
1985-09-12
Speech ID
990082539
Paragraph
#0
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