Session #61 · 1909–11

Speech #610084937

But where public health and public morals appeal to us for our assistance and maintenance. I would have to be convinced that it was positively unconstitutional to prevent me supporting a bill the object and purpose of which are such as to meet with the approval of every man. woman. and child worthy of living in a civilized State. Read and consider the report of the Commission on Immigration. the horrible facts developed in connection with this most horrible traffic. and how any man can haggle or higgle over a constitutional provision unless it is definite and specific. in view of the necessity for a remedy. Is more than I can comprehend. We see that there is a regular system. a chain of criminal traffickers who go to foreign lands. and. through fraud and lying. inveigle the poor woman or girl from a foreign country--one who does not know our institutions. who does not know our people. who can not speak one word of our languageholding out to her that they are bringing her to the land of promise. to the United States. where she may have profitable and remunerative employment. to the end that she may help herself. improve her condition in life. transferring that woman or girl to New York or Chicago.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about traffickers deceiving women from foreign countries.
Keywords matched
Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Humanitarian Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
THETUS SIMS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
610084937
Paragraph
#0
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