Session #88 · 1963–65

Speech #880078780

This is no reason to bring in Mexican labor to perform work which our rural unemployed are willing and able to do. I will concede that. given present wage scales in agriculture. many Americans would not do seasonal farm labor. But why do we accept this as a reason for bringing in imported farm labor? It has not been accepted in any other business. because American workers would not stand for it. The domestic migrant. however. has no unions. has no cooperatives. He is low man on the economic totem pole. and consequently his rights to competewith other Americans in the marketplace for a living wage can be taken away from him without fear of reprisal or outcry. And.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM PROXMIRE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
880078780
Paragraph
#1
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