Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980218038

I think the requirement of learning English and American Government should be the same as it is for persons seeking citizenship of this country. Amnesty sanctions displacement of Americans from jobs that they need and they want. It represses wage levels in low income. unskilled labor markets. it encourages others to migrate illegally and it insults the millions of legal immigrants who waited patiently to enter our country under the law. This amendment does not remedy the illegal alien situation. it merely blurs it with a shopping list of rules and regulations. I oppose this amendment and urge its defeat. Could the gentleman from Kentucky answer that for me?
Keywords matched
illegal alien immigrants

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
KENT HANCE
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-19
Speech ID
980218038
Paragraph
#0
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