Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640151576

It is true. but the same thing more strongly applies to the Chinese and the Japanese in Mexico. and there have been many of them that have crossed the border and are crossing it continually. and it is admitted by the Department of Labor. the department having express charge of this. that there are many. many coming over all the time. when they fcan ship opium. and simply money involved. and how much more temptation it is to bring these men across when they pay $100 to $500 to come into the United States. And with that long border of some 2.000 miles they can come over. Undoubtedly the argument will be made that the .Army now is on the Mexican border. but there is a vast territory between the place where the Army is and on the Pacific coast where these men can come in and do come in continually. And this is what the Commissioner of Immigration says:
Keywords matched
Immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Japanese
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN RAKER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640151576
Paragraph
#0
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