Session #76 · 1939–41

Speech #760039791

Do you know. Mr. Speaker. that under our immigration laws there is hardly anyone coming in? With a quota of 153.000. this fiscal year will only have 41.000 or 42.000 more persons coming here for permanent residence than have emigrated from the United States. and these people must qualify physically. mentally. and financially that they will not become a public charge. but by the same token there are thousands of men being brought across both borders at a price of $250. who are undesirable aliens and who are a menace to any democracy. I appeal to the chairman and the members of the Rules Committee. in the name of our own country to let me have this resolution. Do not have me come back here next week or the week afterward and say. "I told you so." I have referred to many things on the floor of this House.
Keywords matched
undesirable aliens immigration emigrated

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAMUEL DICKSTEIN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
760039791
Paragraph
#4
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