Session #83 · 1953–55

Speech #830135907

I wish to commend you and the national legislative commission of the American Legion for taking this interest in the wetback problem which to me has been a very serious one over a number of years now. When I was chairman of this committee this committee reported a bill which would have put several hundred more border patrolmen on the Mexican border. I hope the present Attorney General will do something about it. Mr. Brownell presently deplores the situation but has no suggestion to rectify it at the moment. or at the time of his testimony. not a word as to what to do about it. Instead of doing something about it he reduces the amount of appropriations which he requests here for the Immigration and Naturalization Service by three and a quarter millions. That is all. Mr.
Keywords matched
Naturalization border patrol Immigration

Classification

Also mentioned
Mexican
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN ROONEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
830135907
Paragraph
#0
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