Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710166217

I regret to say this. but I think the proposal to appoint a commission is a move to postpone and prevent any legislation on this subject. Certain interests are not in favor of this sort of legislation. In other respects we have the greatest immigration law we ever had in our history. I fought for 20 years to help make that law. It is a good law. I have seen this Government cut down the flood of immigration which used to pour in upon our shores from a million a year to about 150.000. The weak place. however. in it all is Mexico. The border line between the United States and Mexico is open and immigrants are pouring in day by day and week by week. they are coming into nearly every State now. They are getting positions that belong to the American laboring man and woman. That is wrong.
Keywords matched
immigration immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES HEFLIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
710166217
Paragraph
#1
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