Session #83 · 1953–55

Speech #830132640

I think it is fortunate that in the times of peak harvest we do not have sufficient local labor to gather the crops for if we did. these same citizens would be unemployed throughout the rest of year. From the standpoint of local citizens it is far better that they have year around employment and that labor be imported only during the peak harvest to be certain that the crops are not allowed to rot in the fields. I assure you that if we are successful in working out a fair contract to the farmer and employee that the combination of the stable supply of labor resulting from it to take care of our peak harvest and the expected increase in appropriations for the border patrol will result in a great deal of progress in solving our wetback problem by cutting down the incentive for the employment of illegal aliens. Legal entrants will have the full protection of our laws whereas wetbacks are subject to exploitation with no legal remedy available.
Keywords matched
border patrol illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
LLOYD BENTSEN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
830132640
Paragraph
#1
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