Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000088995

Mr. President. I think that the American people have a right to be protected from this insidious cancer that sends refugees and illegal immigrants fleeing to our border. Our undefended border with Mexico is 1.937 miles long. Even Lenin said. "When communism is forced on any country. people will vote with their feet." Today thousands of illegal aliens are crossing the border every day. As I have said over and over on this floor. we in this country are passing laws to keep people out at the same time the Soviets and other dictatorships are shooting people when they try to leave. yet somehow it seems to be a debatable issue and we have a difficult time winning public support even though its an issue of who is on the side of freedom. who is on the side of peace. As Senator MCCAIN said to Mr.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants illegal aliens refugees

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEVEN SYMMS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ID
Gender
M
Date
1987-09-15
Speech ID
1000088995
Paragraph
#0
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