Session #103 · 1993–95

Speech #1030045231

Mr. Speaker. would we allow immigrants into this country who have tuberculosis? How about scarlet fever or bubonic plague? No. of course we would not. Then. why are we allowing Haitian immigrants who have the HIV virus to enter this country? Why. despite a law signed by our President only last week. can these immigrants enter our country and possibly spread this always deadly disease to American citizens? Mr. Speaker. why does President Bill Clinton not fight this awful decision by Judge Sterling Johnson to allow these HIVinfected immigrants into our country? Does the President worry about the special interest groups who have mobilized to allow thib tragedy to occur? Or. is he simply unaware of the terrible toll this decision will have on our Nations physical and economic health? For whatever reason. the President must change course and must be decisive. He must fight this decision to allow HIVinfected Haitian immigrants into the United States. The American taxpayer cannot afford to solve the worlds health problems.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
TERRY EVERETT
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
1993-06-16
Speech ID
1030045231
Paragraph
#0
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