Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050024869

Again. we are not talking about people who came into this country Illegally. people who are trying to take advantage of the system. We are taking an opportunity to give the Congress of the United States and the President sufficient time to work out a program that will see to It that the system is not abused but. by the same token. see to it that people are not disadvantaged as a result of tile significant work of the Congress in bringing about workfare as opposed to welfare. Let me say what the situation is in terms of New York. In New York. we are talking about 80.000 legal immigrants who now would be facing termination of beneflts0.000. Again. Mr.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALFONSE DAMATO
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
1997-05-07
Speech ID
1050024869
Paragraph
#1
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