Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990170565

If we do not provide assistance. the Sandinistas will secure their foothold in Nicaragua. will menace. subvert. and ultimately overthrow the government of their neighbors and ultimately menace Mexico. Mexico is a potential powder keg because of their economic and political problems. And not only are we going to have a huge number of political refugees. but we are going to have the potential of having an unstable 2.000mile border. 1.000 miles of which will be a border of Texas. Under those circumstances. it is easy for me to see direct American military involvement. I do not want that to happen.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
PHIL GRAMM
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1986-04-09
Speech ID
990170565
Paragraph
#1
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