Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970273197

Mr. Chairman. 4 years of thorough and thoughtful consideration of our immigration laws must now be translated into legislative action. The need to act becomes more critical each day. failure to act will exacerbate a national crisis. This bill recognizes that the attraction of employment in the United States serves as a magnet to illegal entry. A Federal law forbidding employers to hire aliens lacking work au. thorization is the key to removing the magnet. The Select Commission recognized committed by the Judiciary Commit- not even address the management the link between Jobs and illegal entry tee to the Immigration Subcommittee. problems under which the Immigrawhen it endorsed employer sanctions The lack of consensus is clear from tion and Naturalization Service operby an overwhelming vote. The related the 350 amendments pending on the ates. The bill also totally neglects the issue of the method for verifying work bill. foreign policy implications inherent in eligibility. however. proved deeply di- I would like to Just briefly state it. ." I . visive.
Keywords matched
Naturalization Immigration immigration Immigrawhen

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT MCCLORY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
1982-12-16
Speech ID
970273197
Paragraph
#0
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