Session #66 · 1919–21

Speech #660101553

British Empire. or the right of the- United States to govern Its.various:dependencies. Mr. President.. a grea t deal has been said to. the effect that immigration is a. domestic question. an& as such could not be considered by til. league: Immigration7 is a. matter which cnerns. the movement of the nationals of one nation from their own country intoanother country. From iunimenorial: times. that of. necessity has been the subject of international treaties. It could not have been the subject of. international treaties unless. it was an international question. The dispute between- two? nations: about the respective rights of their nationals is an.international dispute. Does any Senator who: looks upon lis matter with impartialitydoes the Senator front Montana. w.ho is interested in the question of immigration to the Pacific coast. doubt that if the question should be presented by Japan to the assembly. where they have a right to go.. of. the right of her subjects to settle in the Unitedi States. under the laws of. the. United. States.. a dispute whieh is not merely academic. but which is concrete and actually existing. that the assembly would deny that that was an international dispute?
Keywords matched
immigration Immigration7

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
MILES POINDEXTER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
660101553
Paragraph
#0
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