Session #70 · 1927–29

Speech #700066789

It creates alien problems which overwhelm him. While the law creates these problems. the alien is charged and blamed for their results. Therefore I would say to the distinguished gentleman from Florida that we should humanize the immigration law. that we should make every attempt to unite the families and thus bring about a normal. happy. healthy union between husband. wife. and children under 21 years. You have cast aspersions against the immigrants of our country. Let me tell you that you should not forget that during the last 75 years these immigrants whom you have belittled through their sweat and blood have helped to build the great American railroads. to develop lhe great American industries of steel and iron. to create the manufacturing plants of our country. have gone down into the bowels of the earth to bring forth the buried treasures of natures past. have dug the subways. and have made possible the perfection of skyscrapers and dwellings which have made our Nation and people the richest and most respected in all the world. The sentiment of Congress would be to unite the immigrant with his family. not only on humanitarian grounds but for social. economic. educational. and patriotic reasons. The home is the foundation of society. upon which the superstructure of our Government is reared. In this home the father is king. the mother is queen. and the children the subjects.
Keywords matched
immigrant immigration immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Family values Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM SIROVICH
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
700066789
Paragraph
#1
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