1. List some of the examples Thomas L. Nichols gives of the benefits of immigration. What examples does Garrett Davis provide of the drawbacks of immigration? Whose use of examples do you find more convincing? Explain your answer.
2. According to Peter Roberts, in what ways do immigrants adversely affect America’s economy? In Frank Julian Warne’s opinion, how has immigration benefited the economy? Do you think Warner effectively counters Roberts’s argument? Why or why not?
3. John F. Kennedy, a third-generation American, maintains that immigration should not be limited by a national origins quota system. Marion Moncure Duncan, whose ancestors came to America before the Revolutionary War, asserts that such quotas are appropriate and necessary. In your opinion, how might the authors’ family backgrounds affect the stances they take in their viewpoints? Do you find any actual evidence of such influence in...