Session #73 · 1933–35

Speech #730103846

Will it then be granted them? In the meantime there will be growing agitation in various parts of the United States which will add to the confusion and embitter the relations between the two countries. Many will insist that the immigration laws shall be extended to the Filipinos and that they shall be denied access to the United States. Labor leaders. conceiving that the presence of a large number of Filipinos is injurious to American labor. will insist that the Filipinos be excluded from our shores. There will be demands from various sources in the United States to enact legislation which to many will appear to be violative of the spirit of our institutions. if not in contravention of the letter and the spirit of the Constitution.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM KING
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
UT
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
730103846
Paragraph
#0
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