Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980210674

We need some novel and innovative ways. if we can use the words of the Great Society. not employer sanctions. This is ironic. and it also has some degree of hypocrisy. They are saying how these employers abuse. how they are not reliable. and how they do everything possible to subjugate the undocumented. but then they are going to trust them to document that they are here legally. They are going to trust them for that. yet they say they are abusing now. So I say to my dear friends that we should not be considering this legislation now because this has not been thought out. The reason that many of our workers. domestic workers. and citizens do not go on the migrant trek now is because they have made it almost impossible. And for an employer in the agricultural sector. the grape has to be picked right at that moment so that it can travel to where it is going so we can have good. healthy. quality food at the lowest price possible. The market demands a price.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that employers abuse and subjugate undocumented workers, but are then trusted to document their legal status.
Keywords matched
undocumented migrant

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ELIGIO DE LA GARZA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-12
Speech ID
980210674
Paragraph
#2
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