Session #81 · 1949–51

Speech #810334054

Mr. Speaker. this amendment simply tries to do justice. The State Department and Immigration Service worked out an impracticable agreement with the farmers which required those farmers to make a $25 bond per worker to get this Mexican labor. Well. the bonds were made and the Mexican labor came over. There was a great demand last year for Mexican labor. Some neighboring farmer could come over to this Mexican group and say. "Now. I will give you 25 cents a hundred more. or so much more a day if you will come over and harvest my cotton or work for me." And. the Mexican laborer would say. "All right.
Keywords matched
Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
GEORGE MAHON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
810334054
Paragraph
#0
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