Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000107320

Many Americans objected to the original legalization and they said it was going to law breakers. How then could that be done? It rewarded law breakers while penalizing those waiting patiently in line to immigrate legally. While I and others opposed those arguments. and I surely did. I believe that this amendment so plainly reopens those painful arguments that the public is unlikely to see it in its best light. Without adequate public support. always. any immigration policy is doomed. I fear we are actually undercutting exactly that support by adopting this amendment which gives more favorable treatment to illegals than it does to legals. Here is the point.
Keywords matched
immigration immigrate

Classification

Also mentioned
legal immigrants
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALAN SIMPSON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WY
Gender
M
Date
1987-10-09
Speech ID
1000107320
Paragraph
#6
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