Session #75 · 1937–39

Speech #750191927

We cannot afford it. It is not fair to our people. Neither to those who have nor to those millions who have not and who themselves need sympathy and charity. To do what he proposes he must violate the immigration policies under which the Nation is supposed to have been operating for the last 7 or 8 years. He says he proposes not to go beyond fixed quotas. For years the policy has been to stay within 10 percent of quotas. If he gives Mine. Perkins a free hand she will lay down the bars and thousands will enter contrary to the spirit of the law.
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
THOMAS JENKINS
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
OH
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
750191927
Paragraph
#1
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