Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710259390

Let me give you this illustration: An American girl two years ago went to Cuba and married a young man whom she had known all her life. He sold his business. He had about $2.000 in his pocket. She had over $5.100 in savings in the New York banks. She married him a year and a half ago. His turn came about two weeks ago. and he was called and told. "You can not come here. because you might become a public charge." In that way the State Department has refused97 per cent of visas to persons honestly entitled to come into the United States. I am not exaggerating it. I have the record here where Mr.
Keywords matched
visas

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
710259390
Paragraph
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