Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040192272

Mr. Chairman. I would like to cite some studies that have been done on the question of how legal immigrants. competition with legal immigrants. depresses wages and costs jobs. and I just do not see how the proponents of this amendment can ignore these studies when we know we are dealing with real lives and real hardship. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. immigration was responsible for 50 percent of the decline in real wages for Americas lowest scale workers. those who did not complete high school. A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute says that in the highimmigration States of Arizona. California.
Keywords matched
immigrants immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
LAMAR SMITH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1996-03-21
Speech ID
1040192272
Paragraph
#1
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