Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000012833

President. Idahoans are concerned about those fighting for freedom under Communist governments. and many other of my constituents participate in efforts to help. Wounded Afghan freedom fighters have been flown to Boise for medical treatment. donations from Idaho have been sent around the world to provide food and medical supplies to freedom fighters and refugees. and refugees have found asylum in some of Idahos cities. Wojciech Modelski. an immigrant who fled persecution in Poland. lives in Boise. He is one of the founders of the "Freedom and Peace student movement in Krakow. Poland. After obtaining a oneway passport out of Poland in 1985. he brought his family to Idaho. The Polish Government refused him a return visa. Wojciech says about 70 percent of the Polish people are engaged in some form of opposition. Although he believes Poland might never be free. he says they can still be free in an enslaved country.
Keywords matched
immigrant visa refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Polish
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEVEN SYMMS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ID
Gender
M
Date
1987-03-11
Speech ID
1000012833
Paragraph
#0
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