Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990274913

The question is. what are we going to do about it? How bad does it have to get before we do something? Elements that make up an immigration reform bill must be crafted to work in concert with one another. If we are going to demagnetize the attraction of unlawful entrance into the United States. we must have sanctions with respect to employers who knowinglyI underscore the word knowinglyhire those who are here illegally. At the same time. if we have sanctions. we must not put those who have developed a dependency on undocumented labor in the position of either intensely violating the law or going out of business if they are unable to find a sufficient level of domestic labor. It seems to me that is the reason we have to have some compromise in the area of agricultural workers. I do not particularly like what we have here. but it is the best we can get.
Keywords matched
undocumented immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
DANIEL LUNGREN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1986-10-16
Speech ID
990274913
Paragraph
#3
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