Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710259367

They have taken the power away from Congress. and the State Department is the Congress of the United States now so far as these matters are concerned. The consuls were instructed to keep people back. A number of cases came to your attention and to mine where American women married husbands abroad two or three years ago. These husbands are ready to come in. but the consuls say to these husbands. "You are liable to become a public charge." Therefore the visa is denied. These men and women can show assets of between $5.000 and $10.000. but the consuls say that the men are liatle to become a public charge. In that way they have excluded 97 per cent from this country.
Keywords matched
visa

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAMUEL DICKSTEIN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
710259367
Paragraph
#4
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