Session #102 · 1991–93

Speech #1020164710

We stopped hearing about the Haitian exodus because the people we returned to Haiti were not being persecuted. In short. the Presidents policy was right. Nobody wanted to waste time talking about a rational policy decision that was working well. The President has made the right decision again on Haiti. We cannot allow Haitians to get on boats to make an unsafe journey across the open seas when they do not qualify to enter the United States as refugees. We no longer have the capability to process them In Guantanamo Bay. but we are accepting refugee petitions in Haiti. And any Haitian is free to apply. Todays Washington Post said the flow of Haitians has already slowed.
Keywords matched
refugee refugees

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
LAMAR SMITH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1992-05-14
Speech ID
1020164710
Paragraph
#0
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