Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090114700

Chamber of Commercewe are hearing [52. Pt. 3 3569 a lot from sectors of the employment community saying they need a temporary worker program. a guest worker program. I think we all acknowledge it is important for us to determine who the 10 or 11 million people are who are currently in the country who have come here. perhaps legally in the first instance. but at least 40 percent of them have outstayed their visas and are currently out of status or people who have literally walked across or swam across the Rio Grande River to come here. But in a post9/11 world. there can be no doubt we must know who is in our country and what their reasons are for being here. so we can cull out the criminals. the people who come here to do us harm. and including the potential prospects of terrorists exploiting these known vulnerabilities in our way too porous border. So we need a national strategy to deal with that.
Keywords matched
visas

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN CORNYN
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
2006-03-14
Speech ID
1090114700
Paragraph
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