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IMMIGRATION AND ASSIMILATION

Anh Nguyen

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FACT OF RATE

Immigration played an important role in American history throughout the time.

Number of immigrants, both legal and illegal, has increased recently, remarkably during the 20th century

America becomes a big melting pot with various cultures from many different countries.

These immigrants may affect American society in some ways.

Varying in ethnicity

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ISSUES

The number of undocumented immigrants in the country has increased more than 40 percent since 2000. Every year, more than a half-million people come illegally or illegally overstay their visas

Obama’s plan Create secure border Improve immigration system Remove incentives to enter illegally Bring people out of shadows: give them chances to study English and

become citizens Work with Mexico to decrease illegal immigrants

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ARGUMENT: AMERICAN VIEWS

Blame immigrants for population outgrowth in recent decades

Immigrants’ cultures change American culture negatively

Being seen as burden to national economic and social downfall today.

Mess up order of society

Miley and her friends are pulling eyes to an Asian, which was socially blamed for this racially offensive gesture and setting a bad sample to teens.

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ARGUMENT: IMMIGRANTS

Seeking equality and supports in community

Struggling with bilingual education and biculturalism

Having languages and culture problem to be assimilated

Hardly accepted by native-born Americans

Being treated unfairly in workplace and public places

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ARGUMENT: IMMIGRANTS

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IS AMERICAN STILL BE THE MELTING POT? The United States need to retain its

title of a melting pot in order to remain vibrant

These people are from the countries across the planet who have come here, brought their beliefs and traditions, and assimilated by trying to learn the new language and culture.

“We must calibrate the flow of immigrants into the US to the needs of the economy, mindful that immigration has adversely affected low-income American citizens, disproportionately African-American and Hispanic. But the flow must also be calibrated to the country's capacity to assure acculturation of the immigrants” (Lawrence, “The end of multiculturalism”)