Session #101 · 1989–91

Speech #1010044008

My amendment does not affect sons and daughters. I repeat for emphasis. it does not affect sons and daughters for most countries. The current demand for first preference visas. and that is the sons and daughters of citizens. is about 12.000. The KennedySimpson underlying bill elevates that figure to 24.200. There is an excess of about 12.000 over the demand already taken care of. It is true that a couple of countries have used all their first preference visas. but the other 160 countries have not. Let me say again. in case any Senator is concerned we are taking away familybased numbers. let me assure such Senators that the pending amendment does not even touch the fifth preference. My amendment takes the numbers out of the excess in the first and second preferences and out of the point system.
Keywords matched
visas

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Family values Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JESSE HELMS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
1989-07-12
Speech ID
1010044008
Paragraph
#0
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