Before that court these cases will be tried according to the forms of law. We have here claims amounting to $50.000.000. Many of them are brought by socalled citizensmen who merely came across the borders of this country to take out their naturalization papers to be used as a protection for themselves in case they were captured by the Spanish Government during the Cuban insurrection. Many of these men. who never came here with the sincere intention of becoming citizens. were captured and imprisoned. and now they are coming to us and claiming that we should pay them damages for the unlawful imprisonment that they suffered or say they suffered at the hands of the Spanish Government. There are now.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that naturalized citizens from across the border are insincere and only seeking protection.