Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990219737

First. we let them preempt our markets with products being sold below the cost of producing them In this country. TVs. radios. cameras. American manufacturers close their doors before the onslaught. Single sourcing moves offshore and we are captive of their pricing. all the while losing the jobs in those industries to the unemployment lines. And now we are paying them to come in here and take jobs from Americans. How can they bring Japanese workers and managers in here with our immigration laws in place? Are there no qualified. unemployed American autoworkers who can fill these jobs? If so. no Japanese workers can be allowed to come in under our present laws.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
HELEN BENTLEY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MD
Gender
F
Date
1986-07-29
Speech ID
990219737
Paragraph
#0
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