Session #68 · 1923–25

Speech #680116450

Mr. Speaker. this bill is little short of a farce as it now stands. Section 6. dealing with preferences within quotas. says that. among others. preferences shall be given ta quota Immigrants who are skilled in agriculture. and then the bill goes right ahead and cuts off immigration from those countries where agricultural laborers could come from. I submit the table that has been used all through this discussion showing quotas as they are under the present law. as the bill that we passed in the House on April 12 left them. and as they will be If the conference report is adopted and the bill as it now stands will become a law: Quotas 2 per cent National of 1890 origins Nationality or country Present with under the minimum 150.000 of 10 limit proviso Albania ...................................... Armenia .....................................
Keywords matched
immigration Immigrants

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
KNUD WEFALD
Party
F
Chamber
H
State
MN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
680116450
Paragraph
#0
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