Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630378265

It is known to be a factnot susceptible of proof. however.. I guessthat quite a large number of mentally defective persons are shipped into this country. They are rather encouraged to emigrate from other countries. and New York and other seaboard States receive quite a number of such immigrants whom they soon have to place in insane asylums and take care of for the remainder of their lives. There are some States so unkindly as to ship their insane persons into adjoining States. and we have passed laws in Oregon putting a stop to that. It has become a great burden. If there is any doubt that this bill will exclude that class of immigrants. the words under discussion should be left in the bill. Why do you strike out the words that specifically exclude mentally defective persons if you are trying to exclude them?
Identified stereotypes
Mentally defective persons are shipped into the country and become a burden on the state.
Keywords matched
emigrate immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HARRY LANE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
OR
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630378265
Paragraph
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