Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630133219

Mr. Chairman. petitions from 14.000 people In New York City asking for the passage of this bill. and. as Mr. Morrison said when he was before our committee. many of them are aliens themselves. who believe that this thing has gone far enough and that there ought to be some check put to it. .[ have here petitions with several thousand names from the city of New Orleans. represented by able and distinguished gentlemen. appealing to them to protect the workingmen of that city against the crowd of immigrants that is coming into our country. Gentlemen have sought by what seems to me harsh and unjust attacks upon me and my State to try to create a prejudice against this bill. Mr.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN BURNETT
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630133219
Paragraph
#1
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