Session #102 · 1991–93

Speech #1020168604

Antoine. helped bankroll Aristides campaign. Georges Izemrys killing was viewed as either a case of mistaken identity or a warning to his politically active brother. and reminds us of the continued brutality of the regime in power there. Through both Democratic and Republican administrations. the United States has proudly upheld the principles of international law by complying with the United Nations Convention on Refugees. We have welcomed refugees from Cuba. Southeast Asia. and all other parts of the world throughout our history. We have even criticized other regimes when they have not complied with these humanitarian principles. such as when the British began sending back Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong. But the proud standard the United States has always upheld before the rest of the world is about to be lost because the administrations inhumane new policy of sending back Haitian refugees. It is up to Congress to now uphold international law and the humane standard the United States has lived under since World War II by rejecting the administrations policy. We must not repeat the tragedy of the St. Louis refugee ship.
Keywords matched
Refugees refugee refugees

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
Unknown
Party
Chamber
State
Gender
Date
1992-05-27
Speech ID
1020168604
Paragraph
#1
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