Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640067147

Chairman. I want to call the attention of the chairman of the committee towhat strikes me as a rather curious situation. If lie will turn to page 2. line 13. ie will find that the head tax is levied ol.r on aliens regularly adinitted. Now. this provision provides that in the case of aliens applying for admission: That in the case of aliens applying for admission from foreign contiguous territory and rejected. the head tax collected shall. upon applIcation. upon a blank which shall be furnished and explained to him. be refunded to the alien. Now. the first part of the section that provides the tax shall not be paid except by the people admitted is right. but this in the last part seems to put in an absolutely unnecessary pr(.vision. which. in my judgment. refunds the money to the people who have not paid.
Keywords matched
head tax

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM BENNET
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640067147
Paragraph
#0
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