Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630385015

Mr. President. I suspect that are in the hands. of the immigration inspectorsi is it not perthe Senator from Illinois has obtained his impression as to the fectly clear to us all that it is only a matter of time when every meaning of the bill by the provision on page 9. where the pro- one of these slips will be known. after having.been presented posed amendment Is to be inserted. which reads: to the first few hundred immigrants. to the other few thousand? That the following classes of persons shall be exempt from the oper- They will all be known. the words used would be relatively few. atlon of the illiteracy test. to wit: All aliens who shall prove to the satisfaction of the proper immigration officer or to the Secretary of The trick of having the immigrants educated to just that.exact Labor that they emigrated from the country of which they were last extent is so apparent that. far from serving the purposes for permanent residents solely for the purpose of escaping from religious which it is designed. my distinguished colleagues. it will offer :n persecution- opportunity for abusesby making liars of the people who come
Keywords matched
immigrants immigration emigrated

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ELLISON SMITH
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630385015
Paragraph
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