Session #92 · 1971–73

Speech #920099328

Moreover. the bill does not even purport to define the phrase. unique In a criminal statute. "substantially contribute." A phrase so vague raises a serious constitutional question. Sections 22 and 25 of this bill are directed toward the specific questions of who should be admitted to our country. and who should be permitted to become a United States citizen. I believe there is general agreement that the answers to those questions should be: We should admit to our country. within the available quotas. anyone with a legitimate purpose who would not endanger our security. and we should admit to citizenship any immigrant who will be a loyal and constructive member of the community. Those are essentially the standards set by existing law. Under present law. we do not admit to our country known Communists. because we believe they work to overthrow our Government. and we do not admit Communists to citizenship. because we believe they are not loyal to the United States.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
KENNETH HECHLER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
WV
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
920099328
Paragraph
#3
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