Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000090961

The Board of Chosen Freeholders of Cumberland County. NJ. have taken notice of the Joffe familys ordeal. and have taken it upon themselves to adopt the Joffe familys cause as their own. As part of their worthy campaign to bring the Joffes to the worlds notice. the members of the Cumberland County board have asked me to use this special order to spotlight the Joffes fight to emigrate. Of course it is entirely proper to focus this special order on the plight of individual families. such as the Joffes. in their quest for freedom. But while we draw attention to the Joffes. we must not ignore the fact that they represent more than just one familythey are a sympol for all oppressed persons who seek to exercise their rights as human beings to emigrate. I implore General Secretary Gorbachev to review the Joffe familys case in the spirit of glasnost. and allow these people to be reunited with their loved ones. If Mr.
Keywords matched
emigrate

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM HUGHES
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
1987-09-17
Speech ID
1000090961
Paragraph
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