Session #70 · 1927–29

Speech #700111011

Poland. Russia. and other lands of southern and eastern Europe. But in any event. even if portions of the quota remain. see what the situation develops. You do not increase immigration. While it is true in a very limited sense you allow preference within the quota to the fireside relatives you do so at a great cost. the cost of totally shutting out new immigration blood. You do not permit any newcomers who have no relatives here. Thus nothing whatsoever is given in this subterfuge bill. It is purely makebelieve. It reminds me of the story of the married man who said to his -friend that he could not understand his wife. " Yesterday she asked me for $5 and last night she asked me again for $5. and this morning once more she .asked for $5." "My." said his friend. " what does she do with all that money? ".
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Poles Russians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EMANUEL CELLER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
700111011
Paragraph
#2
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