Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000125093

There is something repugnant about allocating House seats on the basis of the number of persons who would be deported if our laws were being enforced. If current procedures remain in place for the next census in 1990. the States most likely to lose representation in Congress unjustly are Connecticut. Pennsylvania. Michigan. Alabama. North Carolina. and Missouri. Tomorrow. I intend to introduce legislation to correct this ridiculous situation. My bill will direct the Census Bureau to exclude illegal aliens from the count used for reapportionment of the House. This is not an antlimmigrant bill. This is simply a bill designed to provide fair and equal representation for the legal residents of this country.
Keywords matched
deported illegal aliens

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS PETRI
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
1987-11-12
Speech ID
1000125093
Paragraph
#0
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