Session #65 · 1917–19

Speech #650153340

I do not believe this bill will �ceomplish its supposed purpose. .This bill is simply a species of retaliatory legislation. which is a very bad species of legislation. In all respects retaliatory legislation is bad. While we might lave the power to say that an alien must serve. or. refusing to do so. may be deported. for every nation has the right to exclude. in the last analysis. from its own society members whom it does not desire. It would simply invoke retaliatory legislation against Americans who happened to be residing abroad. Every nation would have the same right to pass retaliatory legislation against our citizens who happened by any reason to be in those countries.
Keywords matched
deported

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM BORLAND
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MO
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
650153340
Paragraph
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