Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710166305

I think we have enough votes without those Senators. but I did not want to take any chance. because I think letting in the labor that has been coming into this country from all sections has been a great injury to the United States. and certainly to the laboring people. In the last campaign there was nothing that helped Mr. Hoover more than this immigration question. and the people expect action on it. I tried to have the matter considered early in the special session. This cheap Mexican labor coming into this country and working in the cotton fields of Texas and Oklahoma increases the surplus cotton. and this reduces the price of cotton all over the Cotton Belt.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing Mexican laborers as 'cheap labor'.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM HARRIS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
710166305
Paragraph
#0
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