Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050070587

That is the agency which is charged with seeing to it that workers are not asked to work under slave labor conditions. We have just seen some of those stories in newspapers in disgraceful incidents around the country. and this amendment would further cripple the ability of the Department of Labor to deal with those issues. The Wage and Hour Division is supposed to enforce the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Act. It is supposed to enforce the immigration acts so that employers do not illegally employ noncitizens in this country. It is supposed to see to it that employers comply with employment eligibility verification requirements under the Immigration Act. Now. Mr.
Keywords matched
Immigration Migrant noncitizens immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
DAVID OBEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
1997-09-05
Speech ID
1050070587
Paragraph
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