Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040065134

If you read Armando Valladares book "Against All Hope." you know of the horrible oppression and torture that goes on in the Communist gulags. the prisons. in Castros Cuba. Mr. Speaker. it is with great concern and dismay that the American people see today that the Clinton administration is equating illegal aliens coming across the Mexican border by the millions with the few thousand people fleeing Communist oppression in Castros horrible dictatorship in Cuba. Janet Reno said these people were illegal immigrants. and there were only about twelve or thirteen thousand in the last year that tried to flee Castros dictatorship. The reason this is being done is because Castro forced people down to the shores. telling them they were going to go to prison if they did not leave that country. when he sent 30.000 people over here for political purposes. Let me just say the policies of this administration are wrong headed regarding Cuba.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants illegal aliens

Classification

Also mentioned
people fleeing Communist oppression in Castros Cuba
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
DAN BURTON
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IN
Gender
M
Date
1995-05-23
Speech ID
1040065134
Paragraph
#0
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