Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990278976

Mr. Speaker. 2 years ago I urged my colleagues on this floor to defeat the immigration bill for it sought to reform our immigration laws on the backs of American farmworkers. It did this by institutionalizing a system of oversupply and worker exploitation in Western agriculture that exists now in a de facto situation. This time we have done it a different way. We have finally dealt with the asserted needs of agriculture in a fashion that protects the legal status and the rights and the dignity of farmworkers. in a way that we can all be proud of. For that.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HOWARD BERMAN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1986-10-17
Speech ID
990278976
Paragraph
#0
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