Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000151706

New York. same way. Families are rooted out. not individuals or neerdowells or unstable characters. these are mothers and fathers and children. They are refugees in our own country. Yet we are asked to contribute millions of dollars to a group that. in violation of international law. in violating the laws ourselves of our own country. our own treaties. our own Constitution. our own statutes such as the Neutrality Acts. in order to produce more exodus from countries we never had refugees from. I do not recall in my home city of San Antonio when we were inundated in the different cyclincal periods by socalled Mexican braceros. or undocumented or illegals. ever seeing a Central American. But as of 4 years ago we had more of them from Salvador than we had from Mexico living unperceived by the mainstream. You know. after all. we cannot expect if we at home do not have charity. can we expect to have it anywhere else and be respected.
Keywords matched
undocumented refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Mexican braceros
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY GONZALEZ
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1988-02-23
Speech ID
1000151706
Paragraph
#0
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