Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990112845

President. I rise today to offer an amendment to this bill to express the sense of the Senate regarding the recent incident in Louisiana where a Soviet sailor tried to defect. My amendment expresses the sense of the Senate that all U.S. personnel. especially personnel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. shall follow established procedures when confronted with a potential defector. On October 24. a Soviet sailor. Miroslav Medvid. Jumped from his ship. the MV Konev. and swam ashore. He was picked up by the border patrol to be brought back to the MV Konev. On the way back. however. he once again Jumped overboard and swam to shore. According to official accounts.
Keywords matched
Naturalization Immigration border patrol

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALFONSE DAMATO
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
1985-10-31
Speech ID
990112845
Paragraph
#0
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