Session #103 · 1993–95

Speech #1030111584

I would argue that we are once again at one of those moments. The vote in the House of Representatives next week will determine the future of this country in more ways than one. Not only will it mean more jobs for us. not only will it mean more competition and more ability to compete in world markets. but. it will help to curb illegal immigration. With a country where half the population is under the age of 19. if we reject the North American FreeTrade Agreement and jobs are not created in Mexico. there Is only one way that those young Mexicans are going to head. and that is north. And when they come north. they will be displacing minimum wage workers in this country. because they will work for less than the minimum wage and social tensions will rise. Last week. we had a debate on illegal immigration and social services. It was filled with a kind of anger at the illegal immigrants. That will only increase. There will be further polarization.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants illegal immigration

Classification

Also mentioned
Mexicans
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM BRADLEY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
1993-11-08
Speech ID
1030111584
Paragraph
#0
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