Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990167824

Ten percent of the entire population now resides in the United States. If you apply very simple arithmetic to Central and South America. you can see that the problems we are having on our southern border are a mere trickle compared to what we would have if we do not do something. We have all sorts of problems in the House trying to pass immigration legislation. yet everybody gets on the floor and says we do not deny there is an immigration problem. We do not deny that we have a funnel of illegal aliens coming across our border. Let me just tell you if you think that is a funnel. wait until we have something where the people of Central America know that this Congress will not allow a President to respond untiluntil when? As other speakers have said. until we can prove a direct threat to the United States on our doorstep.
Keywords matched
immigration illegal aliens

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
DANIEL LUNGREN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1986-03-21
Speech ID
990167824
Paragraph
#0
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