Session #66 · 1919–21

Speech #660333747

The suggestion I have to make is this. I have said and I believe it has been admitted both by the chairman of the committee and by the Senator from Vermontit is admitted by both these distinguished Senators. who are members of the committee. one of them the chairman of the committee. that there is at present no real or very serious danger of any great influx of undesirable aliens during the next few months. for the reasons they have given. namely. the deterring economic conditions of this country and the action of the Italian Government in suspending immigration. Most of these undesirables are from Italy. Why. then. the necessity of forcing action upon this. as I think. illconsidered legislation. legislation that does not adjust itself to the real situation. that does not remedy the real evil. and fails to open the gate to the extent of admitting those whom we need at this time in order to supplement inadequate labor upon our farms.
Keywords matched
undesirable aliens immigration

Classification

Also mentioned
Italians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
FURNIFOLD SIMMONS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
660333747
Paragraph
#0
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