Session #82 · 1951–53

Speech #820170259

If it were not for them we would have no problem. And yet. if S. 1851 passes the House in Its present form. we will have virtually written them. and any chance of forcing a change in their vicious policies. out of the bill. With the present number of border patrolmen. and with the present limited funds available to the Immigration Service for its operations. we cannot hope to stop up the open sieve the border has become. Our only chance to apprehend and take action against any effective percentage of the great numbers of wetbacks who penetrate beyond the border is to find them where they "hole up" in this countryon the large farms. When information is received as to the presence of wetbacks on any farm. if the Immigration Service cannot move immediately they might just as well not move at all. Limiting free entry to farm lands to a distance of 25 miles from the border. and prescribing exceedingly limited and time consuming searchwarrant powers in all other areas. effectively hamstrings any chance of cleaning out the concentrations of wetbacks on farms in the interiorthe great bulk of those now here. In addition.
Keywords matched
border patrol Immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN SHELLEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
820170259
Paragraph
#1
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