Session #69 · 1925–27

Speech #690145666

But. gentlemen. I received some very startling information in the last few days and I have learned of the hope expressed from certain sources for the passage of this bill in order to intimidate workers and curtail every attempt of workers to improve and better their condition. Under the bill as it now stands an alien who might have peacefully resided in this country for nine years and been a lawabiding citizen. if he happened to be arrested for picketing while his industry was out on strike. would be deported. I do not want to deport such an alien. In this day of suppression of speech and with the wave of intolerance that is now sweeping certain portions of our country a man might find himself behind the bars for a period of one year and deported for the mere expression of an opinion. Oh. do not tell me now that you do not desire to countenance the overthrow of our Government. I do not.
Keywords matched
deported

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
FIORELLO LA GUARDIA
Party
A
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
690145666
Paragraph
#2
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