Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000080253

This is a very bad law. It is a very bad exception and I take great personal affront at lumping El Salvador and Nicaragua together in the same laws because they certainly are not the same countries. I would ask that everyone look very carefully at this law on a worldwide basis and see exactly what should the immigration policy of our country be. and if you agree with me that we should maintain order. that we should only give refugee status to those who can prove on an individual basis that they are entitled to it. vote against this law. In no way do I attack the motivation of those who are offering this law. because they feel very greatly and have very strong feelings about the wonderful people that they are trying to help. but I think we must go beyond that. We must look at the general welfare and the future of this country and the fact that we do need an immigration policy in this country and we must not make exceptions within a year. less than a year. after we tried to put some real teeth into our immigration law. Please vote "no" on this particular bill.
Keywords matched
immigration refugee

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Salvadorans Nicaraguans
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
E. SHAW
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
FL
Gender
M
Date
1987-07-29
Speech ID
1000080253
Paragraph
#1
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