Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000107029

When I used the words "Taj Mahal." I am speaking of the Thai farmer. Somebody must have missed that one too. How the Thai farmer. 30 or 60 or 100 kilometers away from a new construction zone of barracks. which are admittedly pretty poor. and warehouses. that is how he feels and how he refers to it when his government is not giving him money and then they see it going to displaced persons who are not refugees. I am quite aware that this amendment will carry. I must have a provocative nature to want to just say that when everything else fails. I think everyone is entitled to their own opinions. but nobody is entitled to their own facts. I hope we will look at all the facts in this very serious issue. at what you are doing here. You may think you are not amending the Refugee Act but indeed you are in a sense. Even though you are not formally amending the Refugee Act. and I do not believe I have said that any more than I said a phrase like "dogooders"-I can tell you what it does do. It sends a signal to wouldbe migrants from Indochina who want to escape economic hardship in their homeland. who do not like the draft. their country any more. or a lot of things about it. It sends that signal. This senseoftheSenate amendment will send out the news of the opportunity to migrate to the United States through the use of a refugee programand that is a distortion of everything we know. We do not mean to send such a signal to these people or other people or the Thais. They already have their correct signal.
Keywords matched
Refugee refugee migrants refugees

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALAN SIMPSON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WY
Gender
M
Date
1987-10-08
Speech ID
1000107029
Paragraph
#5
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