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Tatianna Steiner
I believe that the thesis statement is in lines 6-7; Because the country I love has never
truly loved foreigners, regardless of whether they come here looking for opportunity or hoping
for sanctuary.
The supportive sentences I have selected includes evidence on times where America
has acted poorly to immigrants and foreigners. Concerned that arrivals from the Far East who
had migrated to the American West to do the dangerous work of building the railroads were
unassimilable. This sentence from lines 21-22 reminds us of the Chinese Exclusion Act of
1882 that tells us that America could have possibly been against immigrants starting from a long
time ago. It is connected to the thesis statement because it shows an incident where America
blocked out immigrants in one way. Another connected sentence is in lines 28-29; A couple
decades later, declaring that America must remain American, President Calvin Coolidge signed
the Immigration Act of 1924. The Immigration Act of 1924 was also known as the No more
Italians Act, which acknowledged the high amounts of immigrants coming from Italy in the
earlier years. The Act highly limited the amount of immigrants coming to America, and shows
another way America shunned foreigners. Also in lines 45-46 there is another connected
sentence; But, like the refugee ban and the wall that Trump promises to build on the U.S.-
Mexico border, it cant very well be called un-American. This concludes the thesis saying that
America has never really treated immigrants correctly, banning refugees and immigrants from
time to time.
I think that the text is strong because it tells the author's opinion well, with evidence to
back the argument up. The text is clear, convincing and describes the argument in many
different points as well. I disagree with the author's argument that America has never really
loved foreigners because I feel like America has welcomed immigrants with an embrace with a
few small. In my opinion I think that America has been cautious in a way that they don't want to
have overpopulated country. Overall, I can definitely see the Author's point of view however I do
Nativism: a policy when a country is against immigrants and prefers to keep a country pure full
Protectionism: a policy or system that strives to provide protection for different groups
I learned from this text that theyre are many different points of view on America and
Immigration and that there have been some times where immigrants have been shunned and
not wanted. Many different laws and acts have been signed for immigration and it shocked me
that Trump wasnt the firsts to go or say that they will go to severe measures to limit foreigners
and immigrants. I learned that I am definitely not against immigrants and I think that if America is
built of immigrants we should welcome new comers with wide open arms.