Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710270637

Filipinos have been arriving in continental United States in numbers as high as 1.000 per month. California receives more than 80 per cent of this influx. and now has a Filipino population of more than 50.000. Now. the contention has been raised that. because the Philippine Islands are under American sovereignty. Filipinos should be absolutely exempted from the provisions of the ReedJohnson bill and other immigration measures intended to relieve our present unemployment condition. These objectors have advanced legalistic arguments and ethical theories. For us on the Pacific coast it is not a theory. it is a stern and painful reality.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD WELCH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
710270637
Paragraph
#1
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