Session #60 · 1907–09

Speech #600031139

The gentleman. if he were a Greek and came in and committed a felony. would go out in a hurry. and so would my interlocutor. whether he were a Greek or a barbarian. and he can take his choice between the two. Now. I put it to my friends on that side of the Chamber who are restrictionists. honest and sincere as I assume you to be. if you vote as a good inany of you did in the last Congress to exclude every honest alien who has a sound body and a sound mind. but has not had the educational opportunities to learn to read and write. why. in the name of consistency. if you are opposed to immigration for any reason. willyou not vote to deport the alien who has come in here. violated our laws. committed a felony. and served a term in a penitentiary? Do you think more of the criminal than you do of the honest. ablebodied. though illiterate. alien?
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Greeks
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Criminal Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM BENNET
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
600031139
Paragraph
#0
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