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1. Walter Russell Mead says that the conventional picture Americans have regarding immigration is “both out of date and factually wrong” (par. 2). How effectively does he support that assertion?

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   Questions: - Walter Russell Mead says that the conventional picture Americans have regarding immigration is “both out of date and factually wrong” (par. 2). How effectively does he support that assertion?
2. Do you agree with Mead that “America needs and benefits from both kinds of immigration” (par. 6)? Why or why not?

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   Questions: - Do you agree with Mead that “America needs and benefits from both kinds of immigration” (par. 6)? Why or why not?
3. Despite the restrictions and hardships inflicted on would-be Asian immigrants throughout U.S. history, as Mead reports (pars. 15–17), they continue to come to America and have in fact surpassed Hispanics or Latinos as the largest and fastest-growing group to do so. Are you surprised to learn this? Why do you suppose it is so?

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   Questions: - Despite the restrictions and hardships inflicted on would-be Asian immigrants throughout U.S. history, as Mead reports (pars. 15–17), they continue to come to America and have in fact surpassed Hispanics or Latinos as the largest and fastest-growing group to do so. Are you surprised to learn this? Why do you suppose it is so?
4. Mead concludes, “The world’s best, the world’s hardest-working and the world’s most ambitious are still coming our way.” What is the effect of the word “still” in that sentence? Do you agree with Mead? What does this piece suggest about the future of immigration in the United States?

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   Questions: - Mead concludes, “The world’s best, the world’s hardest-working and the world’s most ambitious are still coming our way.” What is the effect of the word “still” in that sentence? Do you agree with Mead? What does this piece suggest about the future of immigration in the United States?