Session #82 · 1951–53

Speech #820200442

If there is a Polynesian in. say. Brazil who married a Brazilian woman. ordinarily the issue of that marriage would be subject tothe Brazilian situation. and that child could come into this country without consideration of quota. Now that child is attributed to whatever country that Polynesian belonged. and If there was no quota in the law for that country. that issue would come within the basket clause called the AsiaticPacific triangle of one hundred. There is no doubt that many of the peoples of Asia are going to consider this provision most offensive. I do not see why it was developed. There was no real reason for it except probably convenience. I do believe a change should be effected so that we would not have a compressing of the issues of such marriages into a socalled AsiaticPacific triangle. Mr. Chairman.
Keywords matched
AsiaticPacific

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
EMANUEL CELLER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
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Speech ID
820200442
Paragraph
#1
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