Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990183145

They may talk a little bit about trade. They do not talk about pollution along the border. They do not talk about the immigration issue. My two colleagues here have talked about immigration. Passage of any immigration bill that we have in the Congress that includes very strong employer sanctions is going to very. very strongly and adversely hurt our relations with Mexico. But I think this is something that is national policy. But we have not talked to the Mexicans about immigration legislation. and it is probably because they do not want to deal with it. They see it as our problem. and they see no reason why they should. There are other problems along the border such as those which my colleague from Arizona and I have with the Nacozari plant. pollution coming across into the Southewest. into New Mexico. into Texas. into Arizona. uncontrolled pollution coming out of some of the smelters there. We are not approaching the problems jointly. I mentioned the sewage problem in San Diego. immigration. the trade differences we have. visitors going into Mexico. I think many Members of Congress have constituents who have been mistreated there or robbed. There have been kidnapings. thefts of airplanes. countless other incidents.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM RICHARDSON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NM
Gender
M
Date
1986-05-07
Speech ID
990183145
Paragraph
#0
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