Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990164315

Those are some distorted things that go with the emotion and the feelings on this issue. But it is typical of everything you do when you get to one like this. The American people do not even understand the difference between a refugee. an asylum seeker. an economic migrant. an extended voluntary departee or immigrant. So how do you get them to make a distinction like this one cited? I have been there. People talk about refugees and immigrants in the same breathand the difference between them is worlds. One is here to work and earn and the other is here out of flight. fleeing persecution or having a wellfounded fear of persecution. based on race. religion. national origin. and the other conditions. I can only say to you that here you can release this into the Helsinki Commission and spend the $200.000.
Keywords matched
immigrant asylum seeker immigrants migrant refugees refugee

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
refugees asylum seekers
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALAN SIMPSON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WY
Gender
M
Date
1986-03-14
Speech ID
990164315
Paragraph
#1
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