Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990275105

Republicans and Democrats all across this country. In our rush to stop the flow of illegal workers. we ought to do enough to get the job done. and civil penalties with a $10.000 fine per alien is enough to do that. but this would be the first time that we have made such hiring illegal and it is not necessary. It is counterproductive to go a step further. as the bill does. and to add in criminal charges. to construct such onerous threatening penalties as to cause a new and I think dangerous and vicious round of xenophobia and discrimination against nonAnglos in the hiring marketplace. I very strongly urge the Members on both sides of the aisle to consider this amendment. whether you are for the bill or against the bill. Mr.
Keywords matched
xenophobia

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
HARRY BARTLETT
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1986-10-16
Speech ID
990275105
Paragraph
#1
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