Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100050972

Productivity is on the rise in this country. Productivity increases but workers incomes do not increase. Why? Those who hire them do not have to increase those incomes even as workers become more productive because they have a supply of cheap labor coming in. Transportation jobs--you cant find Americans to do them? Not true. Manufacturing jobs94 percent of manufacturing jobs are jobs that are performed by American citizens or legal immigrants. I have made the point before that there is no one in this Chamber who has lost their job because of a job being outsourced. But there are so many Americans who understand this.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are willing to work for lower wages, suppressing wage growth for American workers.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
BYRON DORGAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
ND
Gender
M
Date
2007-05-23
Speech ID
1100050972
Paragraph
#11
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