Session #87 · 1961–63

Speech #870141443

Let us come to the wetback system. I was about to quote a man who is probably the outstanding authority on immigration questions in this country. He is Gen. J. M. Swing. Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service. U.S. Department of Justice. What did he say? He said in a letter that he sent to the Senator from Minnesota . dated February 8. as follows: In response to your first question. the Service does not believe that the enactment of Public Law 78 brought about a significant reduction of illegal wetback entries. From the attached table. it will be observed that for at least 3 years following enactment of the law. the apprehension of wetbacks rose appreciably to the alltime high of over 1 million In the year ending June 30. 1954.
Keywords matched
Naturalization Immigration immigration

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM PROXMIRE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
870141443
Paragraph
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