Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100065827

It is clear any shortterm benefitwhatever the exact number is out there. whatever the exact number isany shortterm benefit provided to American businesses who would enjoy these lowskilled workers would be more than offset by the lifetime costs of tax credits. welfare. food stamps. Social Security. Medicaid. and Medicare that will be picked up by the American publicthe taxpayers. Mr. Rector said: This is a fiscal disaster." Finally. I believe this legislation. because it will not reduce illegal immigration and will doubleonly a 13percent reductionand will double legal immigration. will put even more stress than we currently have on working middleclass Americans. It will have a tendency to pull down wages of American workers. That is their asset: their labor.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that low-skilled workers will be a fiscal disaster and pull down wages of American workers.
Keywords matched
illegal immigration immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
2007-06-26
Speech ID
1100065827
Paragraph
#21
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