Session #74 · 1935–37

Speech #740077979

I want to answer the gentlemans question. We should require all aliens to register. and then we could check them accurately. I called up Daniel MacCormack. our Immigration Commissioner. and asked him to tell me how many aliens there were here unlawfully. He said. "Mr. BLANTON. nobody knows." He said. "It is all a guess." He said. "We do not take a census of them. we do not have any way of checking them. we get the census of those who are here lawfully. You have got just as much right to make an accurate guess at it as I have." That is the truth. We have been watching this question. have been making a careful checkup on it through the instrumentalities of different organizations interested in stoping immigration to our country. and the best evidence we have today is that there are at least 3.500.000 aliens here unlawfully. and I honestly believe there is double that amount.
Keywords matched
Immigration immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS BLANTON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
740077979
Paragraph
#0
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