Session #81 · 1949–51

Speech #810154572

In order to show. Mr. President. how very complicated the entire problem is I want to read some of the headings in a document entitled "A Rsum. of (A) General Immigration Situation. and (B) Displaced Person Situation." The headlines are as follows: Excludable and deportable classes. Admissible classes. border crossers. overseas aliens. migrations to continental United States. Illegal entries: Mexican border. Canadian border. ship jumpers. stowaways. smugglers. illegal aliens. Displaced persons situation. Who is a displaced person?-The Volksdeutesche. the Greeks. the Arabs. Persons presently embraced as displaced persons under the constitution of the International Refugee Organization. Potential scope of the displaced persons problem. Number of refugees and displaced persons resettled in the United States--Refugees during the war yearsRefugees to OswegoPresidential directive of Decemrnir 22. 1945The Displaced Persons Act of 1948Displaced persons admitted since 1945 under our regular quota laws. Religious affiliation of displaced persons admitted into the United States as of August 5. 1949. under the Displaced Persons Act. Displaced persons resettled in other countries of the world: Israel.
Keywords matched
Refugees Immigration Refugee deportable illegal aliens refugees quota law

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Greeks Arabs Mexicans Canadians
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM LANGER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ND
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
810154572
Paragraph
#0
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