Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000048079

The reason these grounds for exclusion were enacted is simple. Mr. President. The Federal Government has the obligation to protect its citizenry from foreigners emigrating to this country who carry deadly diseases which threaten the health and safety of U.S. citizens. This principle should be adhered to today. by all means. The AIDS epidemic is one of the most dangerous and most deadly diseases of this century. The epidemic is so widespread and so lethal in Africa that some experts. I have read. are comparing the AIDS epidemic to the Black Death that killed a quarter of Europes population in the 14th century.
Keywords matched
emigrating

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JESSE HELMS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
1987-06-02
Speech ID
1000048079
Paragraph
#2
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