Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640238758

No. I shall demonstrate that to the Chair. by some documents issued by the Bureau of Labor. I hold in my hand immigration bulletin for November. 1916. in which is contained a list. Table No. 7. of the persons excluded -from this country from July. 1916. to November. 1916. under existing 1.292 law. This language that has been put in here iovides. getting it down to a particular man. that no alienthat is. none of these eleven or twelve thousand aliensnow in any way excluded from or prevented from entering the United States shall be admitted to the United States. It makes them outcasts and pariahs. so far as the United States Government is concerned. forever. The law as put in by -the Senate does nothing of the sort. It simply provides that notling In the whole bill shall be construed to repeal any existing law. treaty. or agreement. in so far as such law. treaty. or agreement serves to prohibit or restrict immigration into the United States or any possession thereof. One operates on a statute and the other operates on a person.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM BENNET
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640238758
Paragraph
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