Session #83 · 1953–55

Speech #830134028

Because we close our eyes to the situation. these 1.500.000 persons who come into the country are completely and absolutely uncontrolled. They enter under no standards or qualifications whatsoever. We are not willing. even. to provide the Immigration and Naturalization Service with adequate funds with which to police the border between the United States and Mexico and between the United States and Canada. Why do the immigrants come into the United States? Because it has been represented that some of our farming interests require their help. We are making a fight against subversives. and we must continue to make a fight against them and against communism. but I pray that we shall be. at least. reasonably consistent. The Immigration and Naturalization Service. in a statement issued less than 3 weeks ago. said that every day more than 100 subversives were coming across the Mexican border into the United States as wetbacks. Think of it. Mr.
Keywords matched
Naturalization Immigration immigrants

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HERBERT LEHMAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
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Speech ID
830134028
Paragraph
#2
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