Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990284200

What is more. this anomaly in our law has produced an anomaly in the American democratic system which denies its ideals and is repugnant to common decency. It has produced a subclass of workers who are by their illegality vulnerable to exploitation. As an example. agricultural workers for whom housing is provided by growers are often afraid to live in that housing for fear they will be an easy target for the INS and the Border Patrol. So instead they literally go to earth. to live like animals in holes in a way that no one in America or elsewhere should be forced to live. Mr. President. let me just say that the question was raised. and properly. by the Senator from Texas. Can we do better than this immigration reform bill? This poor man (the Senator from Wyoming) has been pulled and hauled. but he is tough. he can take it. And his legislation has been pulled and hauled.
Keywords matched
immigration Border Patrol

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
PETE WILSON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
990284200
Paragraph
#4
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