Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630424230

There is one thing. however. that will immediately follow. The oppressed of all those countries that are in the throes of the conflict. all those who are discontented with royalty and its methods of government. will want a home in this great Republic. this land of neutrality and of promise. Forthat reason I regard it more important than ever before that our immigration laws be better safeguarded to the end that the coming to our shores of so many undesirable aliens may be stopped. If that could be accomplished in someother way more effectively than by the literacy test. I would gladly vote for that. but no better way has been found by those who have made an exhaustive study and investigation of the whole subject. Besides.
Keywords matched
undesirable aliens immigration literacy test

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN LANGLEY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
KY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630424230
Paragraph
#0
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