Session #84 · 1955–57

Speech #840191320

Mr. President. I think that my views on immigration legislation and policy are fairly well known. My opposition to our present immigration laws and policies is deep and unremitting. I shall not cease to fight. with all the efforts of which I am capable. until the McCarranWalter Act is converted into a just and humane law. giving opportunity. under fair but strict overall quota limits. to all people. regardless of national origin. race. or creed. to be admitted into the United States on their individual merits. qualifications. and needand the need of the United States. It strikes me as surpassingly strange that every 2 years we are confronted with a proposition to admit more sheepherders above quota limits. but we never get an opportunity to vote on basic legislation to revise our quota system so that these special sheepherder bills will not be necessary. In past years. Mr.
Keywords matched
quota system immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HERBERT LEHMAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
840191320
Paragraph
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