Session #74 · 1935–37

Speech #740073477

There is no middle ground or compromise. Either we are for or against America. If we are for America. we must be for the exclusion of newseed immigrants and the deportation of those unlawfully here. If we are for America. we are for those cardinal principles which are essentially American. such as liberty of speech. thought. and action consistent with the public weal and the maintenance of a government that will be the servant of the people and not the master. Those who are seeking to weaken our immigration and deportation and naturalization laws by piecemeal legislation. such as removing the educational qualifications for citizenship. and even the obligation to defend their country in time of war. the legalizing of illegal entrants. the giving of discretionary power to the Secretary of Labor to deport or not to deport as she sees fit. the enlargement of nonquota classes. the nullification of publiccharge provision by the acceptance of worthless bonds. and all other such antirestriction measures which are now pending in Congress. are working against the best interests of this country. The motives which actuate these various antirestriction blocs are immaterial and beside the question. The fact is that all of them the internationalist. the sentimentalist. the greedy employer. or the steamship company seeking quick profits. and the aliens themselves and their relatives are all working for the same results.
Keywords matched
naturalization immigration immigrants deportation

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT BACON
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
740073477
Paragraph
#7
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