Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710270655

We are cutting down your quota by 90 per cent in order to protect our American workmen. but we will continue to admit Filipinos in unlimited numbers? " We already have racial problems which we inherited and which are unavoidable. Should we add to what we have? On many occasions California. Washington. and Oregon have had to strain their police powers to give proper protection to these exploited immigrants. We will continue to protect them with all the resources at our command. We stand for law and order. but we are fearful of what may happen if the present situation is further aggravated by allowing Filipino immigrant laborers to pour into this country without restriction. The situation on the Pacific coast is acute. It is our very serious problem today.
Keywords matched
immigrant immigrants

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD WELCH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
710270655
Paragraph
#4
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