Session #68 · 1923–25

Speech #680076603

Wetter seeks its level. and without a titm tit the border the overflow will inundate us and the time will soon be when the salient features of our Government will be obliterated and when we will be more foreign than American. Selfpreservation is the first law of nature. and if we are to he a distinctive nation. as we always have been. we must act today. now. alIl not in the years that are to come. The interests In this country that are leading the fight against this legislation lire the same inlerests that led the fight against the immigration act of 1917. against the restrictive act of 1921. and against the continuance of that act In 1922. They favored tile open door in the beginning. they favor the open door still. However. driven by the force of pul.lic opinion and the demand of American citizens. they are forced to abandon one position and then another.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
EARL MICHENER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
680076603
Paragraph
#3
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