Session #80 · 1947–49

Speech #800189664

As I view this bill. if a French citizen were in France. obtained a passport to go to Costa Rica. passed through America. and remained here. not having paid a head tax. he could remain here. under this amendment. So. if he arrived in America by trick. he could remain here by paying the head tax and the visa fee. Does that seem fair. when such a person is compared with a displaced person? I realize that there are many people who came here as students and who now do not want to return to their country. There are approximately 200.000 of them.
Keywords matched
visa head tax

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
HOMER FERGUSON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
800189664
Paragraph
#0
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