Read the excerpt from "America's Shifting views on Immigration": A panel of the Academies' scholars, scientists, and other experts investigated the records of 41 million foreign-born residents - including about 11.3 million illegal immigrants
- and their children born in the United States. The researchers found that the often-heard worry - that these Spanish-speaking immigrants will never become Americans - the was
baseless.
According to the report, the illegals' English language learning "is happening as rapidly or faster now than it did for earlier waves of mainly European immigrants in the 20th
century"; their education levels, the diversity of their jobs, and their wages are improving, and the newest generations of immigrants are assimilating into American society as
fast and broadly as the previous ones.
How do these paragraphs contribute to the development of ideas in the text?
•They show that whether immigrants are "legal" or "illegal," they can successfully integrate.
•They prove that how one enters the country isn't as important as how one adapts.
•They prove that the government should not be concerned with 'illegal" immigrants.
•They show how easy it is for immigrants to integrate into the United States.