Session #102 · 1991–93

Speech #1020136879

We all want to give Haiti back to the Haitians and we hope that happens soon. The problem is that under existing law some have already been cleared to come into the United States. Under the Refugee Authorization Act. theoretically that is supposed to be paid for by the United States. The problem is. as you have heard other speakers say. that is only in theory. We have had a great number of Haitians and other refugee groups come into the United States. come into Florida. for which Florida has paid the price. We pay for those items which the Federal Government should have been paying. What the gentlemans amendment does is anticipate that any under existing law will be allowed to enter into Florida because that is where they come.
Keywords matched
Refugee refugee

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Haitians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
LAWRENCE SMITH
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
FL
Gender
M
Date
1992-02-19
Speech ID
1020136879
Paragraph
#0
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