Session #67 · 1921–23

Speech #670043061

The primary thing is tle fact that the people who have been violators of our immigration laws as far back as the history of our ilmmigration laws goes have. with the law before them. defied it. and if absolutely nothing else were involved. after the United States said "We want and will admit so many people coming in a certain way and in certain numbers." stating that if they do not comply with the law they will be excluded. I would demand that tley accommodate themselves to the law. It should not now be retroactively made to accommodate their profitseeking purposes. such action compromises national selfrespect. We are now saying. "If they appear they shall be admitted." Again. I greatly fear that this is the beginning of a weak and cowering attitude on our part and on the part of those who are expected to enforce the law.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN BOX
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
670043061
Paragraph
#0
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