Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050139654

Under this bill. you can lay off American workers and replace them with foreign workers as long as you dont underpay them or use them as strikebreakers or commit some other violation first. We should require employers to state that they have been unable to find qualified workers in this country before they apply for workers from abroad. Now. a hightech facility in New Mexico announced a hiring freeze and refused to accept job applications. but at the same time they brought in 53 foreign workers under the H1B visa program. Alan Ezer. a 45yearold computer programmer with 10 years of experience in the field. has kept his skills up to date. He was willing to take a cut in pay to stay in the industry.
Keywords matched
H1B visa

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD KENNEDY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1998-05-13
Speech ID
1050139654
Paragraph
#8
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