Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100050972

That debate is over. That is exactly what that does. We are told we have other industries like that. such as the construction industry. We cant find enough people in the construction industry. But 88 percent of the people in the construction industry in this country are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants. Once again. we have people who would love to bring in lowwage workers at the bottom to put downward pressure on wages. But it is simply not true that we need lowwage workers to come in. more workers to come in because we cannot find Americans to do this job.
Identified stereotypes
The speaker implies that immigrants are willing to work for lower wages, thus negatively impacting the wages of American workers.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
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
#9
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