Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100053879

But none of those bills come close to having the impact on America or come close to having the attention of the American people to the degree this issue does. The reason the American people are angry and upset is simple. They are not angry. they are not upset with immigrants. That is not what I read people to be saying. What I think they are angry and upset with is Congress and the President for absolutely refusing to listen to their natural and proper concerns about immigration. What I am hearing is they do not want to be taken to the cleaners once again. They do not want to be victims of a bait and switch in which we promise we are going to create a system that will work for lawful immigration. that will allow us to have an immigration policy that serves the national interest. that allows millions of people to come to our country in immigration statusbut it would be a number we can have jobs for. without pulling down the wages of hardworking American workers. It would bring in numbers sufficient to make sure we do not cause problems in schools and other areas that we cannot quite handle. The number ought to be correct. and that they ought to be. insofar as possible. persons who are going to flourish in our economy. people who have the skills. language. and education levels that indicate they will likely be very successful here. like Canada does.
Keywords matched
immigrants immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Mixed
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
2007-06-06
Speech ID
1100053879
Paragraph
#2
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