Session #67 · 1921–23

Speech #670282995

When one Congressman or Senator hears that the other Members constituent has gotten in in spite of the law. he makes a hot trail to the Assistant Secretary and says. "You let in the alien relative or friend of soandsos constituent in spite of the law. now let mine in." And so. the fence being broken down. they are trying to get in everywhere. and we shall have to have many officials to pass on the undefined question of "hardships" in each case. This House was warned that when the law was not followed there would be no guide. You can not administer that department satisfactorily with a dozen assistant secretaries without law. The trouble is that they are not administering the law. and that being true. these immigrants are being illegally received. That is one reason for the great number of appeals now to be disposed of at additional expense.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN BOX
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
670282995
Paragraph
#1
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