Session #61 · 1909–11

Speech #610190259

Of course we all recall the opinion a few years ago of the Commissioner of Immigration that we should put the soft pedal on the Chineseexclusion act. but heretofore appropriations have been carried in such a way that $500.000 was placed at the disposal of the department for this particular work. Now. the appropriations are all put together and provide that not exceeding $500.000. or whatever amount. shall be expended in that work. Previously men who have become experienced in the Chinese work. who devoted their time to it exclusively. and the gentleman knows it requires some experience to be able to tell Chinese apart-
Keywords matched
Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN FITZGERALD
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
610190259
Paragraph
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