Session #76 · 1939–41

Speech #760240168

It makes it unlawful to advocate the overthrow or destruction of the Government of the United States by force or violence or by the assassination of any official of such Government. or to print. publish or distribute written or printed matter advocating the same or to organize or help organize any society or group who advocates the overthrow of the Government by force or to become a member of any such group. The bill also makes it unlawful for any person to attempt to commit or conspire to commit any such offense. The bill also provides for the deportation of aliens who knowingly for gain assist other aliens to enter the country in violation of the law. of aliens convicted of possessing machine guns. of aliens violating any of the foregoing provisions of this act. and of aliens sentenced for violation of the narcotics act of any State. The bill further provides that any alien hereafter applying for a visa to enter the United States shall be registered and fingerprinted before being permitted to do so. As to aliens already in the United States. the bill provides that within 4 months after.its effective date. every resident alien shall register and be fingerprinted at his local post office. Provisions are made for the mechanical arrangements for carrying out the details of registration through the various post offices. The records of such registrations are then -to be forwarded to the Department of Justice to be filed with the Immigration Commissioner. The act becomes effective with respect to registration 60 days after its enactment. Any alien changing his postoffice address is required to notify the Commissioner of Immigration within 5 days after such change of address and each alien is required to also notify the Commission in writing of his address at the expiration of each 3month period. Penalties are provided for violation of any provisions of the act.
Keywords matched
Immigration visa deportation

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
HOWARD SMITH
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
VA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
760240168
Paragraph
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