Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990255400

Mr. Speaker. the 99th Congress is at the last of the l1th hour. and we have done very little about immigration reform. The U.S. immigration agents expect approximately 4 million illegal aliens to cross our borders this year. Theoretically we would need to add eight new Members of Congress every year just to represent these people. That would mean 40 new Members of Congress by the next reapportionment. Four million people breaks down to 333.000 per month. That is almost double the amount of people in Arlington. VA. coming into the country every month. Four million people per year amounts to the population of Lebanon or Norway or Israel.
Keywords matched
immigration illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RON PACKARD
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1986-09-25
Speech ID
990255400
Paragraph
#0
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