Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050017363

They filed Federal income taxes and paid them today. Moreover. you say. oh. but what about those who were born in this country? They are definitely more true blue and pay more Federal income taxes than those immigrants that came? Wrong. by 1 percent. 1 percent higher. those who were born in the United States to those who come here as immigrants. in terms of those who will file Federal income tax returns today. That is the CRS study that was Just issued. No. 3. what was interesting was those today who filed a Federal income tax return. on average. if you have in your family somebody that was born not in the United States of America but became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. he reported. on average. guess what. $5.000 more in earnings than the person that was born in the United States of America. on average. without an immigrant It sounds to me like pretty good politics. to have somebody who comes to this country. contributes and works. and becomes an American citizen. to talk about immigrants being this drain on the economy. Last. I would like to suggest to everybody. the same study. guess what: Immigrants to the United States of America. that is. those that are here legally. under color of law. pay $70 billion. Yes. that is right. they pay $70 billion in taxes. Yet. they use $13 billion in that terrible. nasty welfare system.
Keywords matched
immigrant naturalized immigrants Immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
LUIS GUTIERREZ
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
1997-04-15
Speech ID
1050017363
Paragraph
#0
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