Session #113 · 2013–15

Speech #1130113138

The percentage of people in the working ages who are actually working has been declining steadily. Indeed. it has not reached a level this low since the 1970s. Since 2000. the Federal Government has lawfully issued nearly 30 million immigrant and foreign work visasfor people to come to this country to workalmost 30 million visas to legally work in the United States or permanently reside in the United States. During this time. the number of Americans with jobsAmericans with jobsdeclined on net. On net. fewer U.S.born workers ages 16 to 65 had jobs in 2014 than in 2000. Amazing. There are fewer people working todayeven though the population has increasedthan in 2000. The Presidents planned work permits for illegal immigrants is in addition then to the already huge flow of lowwage labor into the United States. We have a problem. colleagues. with Americans needing jobs. We do not have too few workers.
Keywords matched
work visasfor visas illegal immigrants work permits immigrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
Unknown
Party
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Chamber
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State
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Gender
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Date
2014-07-31
Speech ID
1130113138
Paragraph
#4
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