It is said that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable. The time is quite within recent memory when the same thing was said of immigrants who, with their descendants, are now numbered among our best citizens.%0D%0A%0D%0A—Grover Cleveland, 1897%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat argument is President Cleveland making in this statement?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0ACitizenship won’t be offered to recent immigrants.%0D%0A%0D%0ACitizenship won’t be offered to recent immigrants.%0D%0A%0D%0AImmigrants and their children can be good citizens.%0D%0A%0D%0AImmigrants and their children can be good citizens.%0D%0A%0D%0ALimiting immigration is good for the country.%0D%0A%0D%0ALimiting immigration is good for the country.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe best immigrants return to their home countries.
The argument President Cleveland is making in this statement is that immigrants and their descendants can become good citizens.
The argument that President Cleveland is making in this statement is that immigrants and their descendants can become some of the best citizens.
In this statement, President Cleveland is arguing that immigrants and their descendants have proven to be valuable and productive members of society. More specifically, he is refuting the claim that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable by pointing out that similar criticisms were made in the past about immigrants who, over time, have become some of the best citizens in the country. Therefore, the argument being made is: immigrants and their children can be good citizens.
