Session #86 · 1959–61

Speech #860263756

Nevertheless. sitting on the Appropriations Committee I have insisted that we provide sufficient funds for the administration of this act. We are now in conference with the Senate on that appropriation bill. Because of the breakdown of conditions in the southwestern section of our country. the Senate added $60.000 or $70.000 to take care of this particular problem of migrant labor. which I think is a sign that the longer this program goes on the worse it is going to get for the average domestic farmworker in this area. I also said yesterday that this is a real fight for survival of the small farmer in our country. Here we are passing legislation that affects only 2 percent of all the farmers in the country. 51.000 farmers are using 440.000 or 450.000 Mexican nationals brought in under this program.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN FOGARTY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
RI
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
860263756
Paragraph
#0
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