Session #76 · 1939–41

Speech #760114235

I find it impossible to vote for this legislation for this reasonI have not time to go into it fullybut as has been stated by others. the political philosophy of this bill is that you can treat aliens unjustly without taking the next step and treat citizens the same way. that you can stamp out subversive activities by passing loosely drawn legislation aimed to scare people. and that once a person has made a mistake he can never. never correct it or make up for it in the mind of the United States Congress. I cannot vote for legislation of that kind. Under this bill a person who once belonged to a religious sect that believed in the destruction of property in liquor could be deported. A person who once upon a time made a contribution of "anything of value" to an organization of a Fascist. Nazi. or Communist nature. even though he does not now belong to it. never did belong to it. and has learned to despise it. is to be deported from this country. It is no answer to say this applies only to aliens. I myself believe that anyone coming to this country should. before a certain length of time has passed. be required to become a citizen or else to depart.
Keywords matched
deported

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HORACE VOORHIS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
760114235
Paragraph
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