Session #82 · 1951–53

Speech #820210123

If they find something oriental about the applicants appearance they will become suspicious and will then have to check on the origin of his parents. his grandparents. or perhaps even a few generations back. This. Mr. President. is not only disgraceful. it would be harmful to our position all over the world to have our consuls spending their time analyzing the pedigrees of prospective immigrants. Thus. the sponsors of the McCarran bill who claim that their bill removes the last racial barrier in our immigration and naturalization laws next say they have a good reason for discriminating against orientals and part orientals. That is what they finally get around to saying. Mr.
Keywords matched
naturalization immigration immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HUBERT HUMPHREY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MN
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
820210123
Paragraph
#1
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