President Cleveland is making the argument that immigrants and their children can be good citizens. He points out that immigrants who were once seen as undesirable have contributed positively to society over time, suggesting that contemporary immigrants may also prove to be valuable members of the community in the future.
"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?
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Limiting immigration is good for the country.
Limiting immigration is good for the country.
The best immigrants return to their home countries.
The best immigrants return to their home countries.
Immigrants and their children can be good citizens.
Immigrants and their children can be good citizens.
Citizenship won't be offered to recent immigrants.
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