Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040192361

What is the power behind this amendment? It is agribusinesses. Agribusinesses want to circumvent the market system by carving out a giant government loophole in the immigration system. and while everybody knows that there is no shortage of labor in this country. agribusinesses insist that there is. In simple terms. agribusiness is saying that this immigration bill goes too far. It is saying that it does not want to pay fair wages for legal farm workers. Agribusiness is saying that bringing a quarter of a million foreign agricultural workers into this country will help control illegal immigration. This is tantamount to saying that one can put out a fire with gasoline. We cannot have it both ways. my colleagues.
Keywords matched
illegal immigration immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ESTEBAN TORRES
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1996-03-21
Speech ID
1040192361
Paragraph
#1
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