Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090084835

Mr. President. the National Research Council has estimated that the net fiscal cost of immigration ranges from $11 billion to $22 billion per year. with most government expenditures on immigrants coming from State and local coffers. Mr. President. how much is enough? How much is enough? In 2000. the Congress increased HlB visas to 195.000 per year for 3 years. authorizing over half a million new visas. Last year. the Congress authorized 20.000 new HlB visas each year. every year. The Immigration Act authorizes more than 140.000 employmentbased visas each year. How much is enough? How much is enough? I say enough is enough.
Keywords matched
Immigration immigrants visas immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT BYRD
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WV
Gender
M
Date
2005-11-02
Speech ID
1090084835
Paragraph
#0
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