Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050192240

That would be something a number of us would be willing to support. Unfortunately. now we have to try to get it into the bill that is being debated here through an amendment. The problem I see with the underlying bill without the Watt amendment accepted is that we restrict the application of this visa category to only a small percentage of all the employers who are going to be out there seeking these employees from foreign countries. which means that we are going to have a vast number of companies that will be able to skirt the law. bring in foreign workers. and deny American workers the opportunity to get goodpaying jobs. That is not fair. that is not reasonable. and I think most people here know that I am one who is generally proimmigration that is fair and reasonable. Mr.
Keywords matched
visa

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
XAVIER BECERRA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1998-09-24
Speech ID
1050192240
Paragraph
#0
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