Question

Use the quotation to answer the question.
"It is said that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable. The time is quite right within recent
memory when the same thing was said of immigrants who, with their descendants, are now numbered
among our best citizens."
--- Grover Cleveland, 1897
What argument is President Cleveland making in this statement?
(4 points)
The best immigrants return to their home countries.
Immigrants and their children can be good citizens.
Limiting immigration is good for the country.
Citizenship won't be offered to recent immigrants

Answer 1

The argument President Cleveland is making in this statement is: **Immigrants and their children can be good citizens.** He highlights that past criticisms of immigrants were ultimately unfounded, as those immigrants and their descendants have become valued members of society.