Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100050972

You will find plenty of people to take these jobs. There is a study by Professor George Borjas at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. and he talks about the impact of immigration from 1980 to 2000. 20 years. on U.S. wages by ethnicity of workers. Over the last 20 years. as a result of immigrationthat is lowwage workers coming into this country and putting downward pressure on wagesthe average wage is down 3.7 percent. for the average Asian. 3.1. average White. 3.5. average Black. 4.5: Hispanic. minus 5 percent in wages. The fact is. it doesnt require a huge study to understand the consequences of that. We all understand that would be the result of bringing in a lowwage workforce.
Identified stereotypes
Low-wage immigrant workers depress wages for all workers in the US.
Keywords matched
immigrationthat immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Asian White Black Hispanic
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
#13
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