The argument President Cleveland is making in this statement is:
Immigrants and their children can be good citizens.
He highlights that previous immigrant groups, once considered undesirable, have become valued members of society.
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?
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Citizenship won't be offered to recent immigrants.
Citizenship won't be offered to recent immigrants.
Immigrants and their children can be good citizens.
Immigrants and their children can be good citizens.
Limiting immigration is good for the country.
Limiting immigration is good for the country.
The best immigrants return to their home countries.
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