Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050081664

Chairman. right now there are people who are working 18 to 20 hours a day under threat of beatings and torture. One might think I am describing a Third World country. but I am not. Right now these crimes are repeated in virtually every major city in this country. Why? Because the victims of these crimes are undocumented immigrants and their tormentors are using fear to silence them. Last July a group of disabled Mexican immigrants were discovered living in squalor in my district. They had been taken from their villages in Mexico. smuggled into this country. and forced to work to up to 18 hours a day. If they did not earn enough money. they were beaten.
Keywords matched
undocumented immigrants

Classification

Also mentioned
Mexican immigrants
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
NYDIA VELAZQUEZ
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
F
Date
1997-09-26
Speech ID
1050081664
Paragraph
#0
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