Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090112600

And so that is the political benefit that comes from illegal labor. Additionally. there is also on the liberal side of the aisle. there is a strong push to legalize and give a path to citizenship to people that are here illegally because they see the political benefit to having more numbers. more votes. more political influence here. I have a real strong bias in favor of citizens of the United States of America and I am a great cheerleader for legal immigrants. And I submit that they are the people that deserve the representation in our country and that those that are here illegally do not deserve representation in this country and they are not fully protected by the rights of citizenship as some would submit in this Chamber. Mr.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Also mentioned
legal immigrants
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEVE KING
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IA
Gender
M
Date
2006-03-08
Speech ID
1090112600
Paragraph
#7
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