Session #83 · 1953–55

Speech #830100562

Many arguments have been given here this afternoon and will be given by speakers who will follow me as to why this bill should not be passed. but so far not one of them. to my mind. has made a convincing argument. because not one of them so far has shown me and I am sure has not shown you that H. R. 6481 in any way amends or destroys the McCarranWalter bill. We have heard it said here this afternoon that if we permit these people to come into the United States we will have * a serious unemployment problem. but to those people who think that way I want to say this: Read the bill and see what it says about those who are seeking admission to the United States. because if in any one instance one of these expellees or refugees seeks admission here and it can be shown that he will replace someone who is now working. he is not eligible for admission under this act. The same thing is true about the housing situation. Just the other day when we had before us for our consideration that bill someone arose to say that he would support this measure if we could show where we would put those 240.000 people who are coming into the country. if H.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOSEPH CARRIGG
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
830100562
Paragraph
#0
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