Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040205861

The amendment requires the INS to conduct the three projects. and these projects are listed as optional pilots In the bill. The amendment simply requires the INS to test these three projects. If any of these work. it will mark a major improvement in denying jobs to illegal immigrants. Once again. this is where the focus ought to be on the issue of the job magnet. the fact that jobs are what bring people here to the United States illegally. As we know. those individuals who are the illegals basically are lowskill or noskill workers. and they are the ones which add the least. obviously. to the economy and still are involved in displacing other Americans and driving wages down. So if we are able to address the issues of the job magnetand this legislation attempts to do that in a variety of ways. which have been spelled out earlier in the course of the debate. both from trying to address the issues of the fraud documents and trying to strengthen the Border Patrol. trying to develop these other kinds of proposals to limit theand make it less likely that illegals will enter the job market. I think we are on the road to trying to take meaningful steps to deal with the problems of illegal immigrants coming to this country and still ensure the protections for American workers that may speak with a foreign language or may have a different appearance. I do not know of any opposition to this amendment. Members have known about it for some period of time.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that illegal immigrants are low-skill or no-skill workers who add the least to the economy and displace American workers.
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants Border Patrol

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1996-05-02
Speech ID
1040205861
Paragraph
#1
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