Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000133875

Leonid has suffered three heart attacks in the last 10 years and was recently diagnosed in need of immediate coronary bypass surgery. Such treatment is not available to him in the Soviet Union. Their case has been reviewed and they have been instructed not to even reapply until the year 1992. Furthermore. Leonids son was refused permission to emigratethe reason was that his father at one time had access to state secrets. Let me cite another example. Mr. Speaker. denial of the right to emigrate to George Karakasheva. George served as a builder in the Soviet Army over 28 years ago. At the age of 57 he wishes only to be reunited with his family in the West.
Keywords matched
emigrate emigratethe

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
TOM LANTOS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1987-12-04
Speech ID
1000133875
Paragraph
#1
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