Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970226745

I could support a guest worker program that includes a formal agreement with the Republic of Mexico. That agreement must recognize the U.S. guest worker program as making a significant contribution to Mexicos economy. The agreement would also formalize Mexicos commitment and obligation to help control the flow of illegal aliens into the United States. Both countries would be receiving a valuable benefit. I think that such a guest worker program would be good foreign policy as well as good immigration policy. Another matter that we must face with realism is that we are not going to keep the illegal aliens from coming. The issue is economic. As long as we have poverty in high proportions in the world the illegal aliens are going to come. They will come in spite of employer sanctions. They will come regardless of employee identification systems.
Keywords matched
immigration illegal aliens

Classification

Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
PETE DOMENICI
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NM
Gender
M
Date
1982-08-17
Speech ID
970226745
Paragraph
#2
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