Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990275230

When they do not have jobs. where do they go? They go north. Mr. Chairman. Remember. 40 percent of the illegal immigrants who come across the American border with Mexico are not Mexicans. they are Latin Americans who simply transit Mexico looking for jobs. Mr. Chairman. at any given time no more than 800 Border Patrol agents are guarding our 8.000 miles of international borders. Despite the best efforts of these overworked agents. illegal aliens are flowing across our bordersparticularly our southwest border with Mexicoat an overwhelming and alarming rate. To put it bluntly. our borders are a sieve. We have lost control of our borders.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants Border Patrol illegal aliens

Classification

Also mentioned
Mexican Latin American
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES SCHEUER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
1986-10-16
Speech ID
990275230
Paragraph
#1
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