Session #60 · 1907–09

Speech #600029437

I do not know. no one can answer any question with authority on law. So far as the terms of this resolution provides. it would take the opinion of a court. and a man who had been hanged could be taken back from the country from which he came. Whether that would be executed I suppose would depend upon the diligence and desire of the Commissioner of Immigration. because all officers do not obey the letter of the law. in spite of what it says. I have seen no demand for the passage of a law like this and no reason given for it. We have just passed the immigration act. The immigration and naturalization act has just gone into effect. Why. now. should we be endeavoring to add more penalties before the law we have recently enacted has well gone into effect? I know the horror that men have of having criminals brought to the country.
Keywords matched
Immigration naturalization immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Criminal Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES MANN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
600029437
Paragraph
#0
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