Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050100561

I represent this State. It is a State that shares one of the longest borders with Canada in the entire country. It is absolutely vital to our commerce. more than $50 million of commerce to North Dakota coming back and forth every year. 2 million border crossings in North Dakota alone. This has not been a problem. What the people back home cannot understand is. when Congress makes a mistake. we all make mistakes. but why can we not fix the mistake before people get hurt? I have got letters here from small businesses all across the State of North Dakota. Now. they are not involved in any of the high stakes and the high rhetoric about the immigration reform. All they know is. they need the daily flow of commerce like they have had it. Please. please. do not hurt North Dakotas economy on a mistake that we did last year.
Keywords matched
border crossing immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Canadians
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
EARL POMEROY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
ND
Gender
M
Date
1997-11-09
Speech ID
1050100561
Paragraph
#1
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