Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980219550

I realize that we cannot legislate attitudes. but we should not institutionalize potential civil rights abuses. Thats what we are doing with employer sanctions. In addition. minority unemployment rate is always significantly higher than that of the majority community. Minorities dont need another obstacle in the waysanctionsfrom seeking employment. There is something terribly hypocritical about this legislation. On the one hand. there are complaints about how America has lost control of its borders. about how millions of undocumented persons are taking American jobs. On the other hand. the Panetta amendment would reinstitute the bracero program. Organized labor has withdrawn its support for the bill in large part because of this amendment.
Keywords matched
undocumented

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT GARCIA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
1984-06-20
Speech ID
980219550
Paragraph
#1
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