Session #82 · 1951–53

Speech #820244781

Most of the veto message is in opposition to the national origins theory. I believe that theory is out moded and should have been cast into limbo long since. It stems from a sort of claustrophobia. xenophobia. or chauvinism. popular at the end of the last century but which seems to animate many of the people in this land and a goodly portion of the membership of this House. Too many people believe aliens have horns and that they are the very embodiment of the devil. The bill vetoed continues to divide the Immigration pie in a very unfair and unrealistic manner. We allow something like a total of 154.000 aliens to come into this country yearly. and how do we divide that pie? We give almost half of it to Great Britain. What does Great Britain do? It thumbs its nose at us and says. "We do not want to come to the United States. we do not want to use your immigration quota numbers." Then what do we do? We continue the hoax. We continue. shall I say. the lie.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that aliens have horns and are the embodiment of the devil.
Keywords matched
xenophobia Immigration immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Cultural threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EMANUEL CELLER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
820244781
Paragraph
#0
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