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1. Why does Andrew Lam say he was moved in 2018 to “revise” the letter that he wrote to his
cousin after the 9/11 attacks?
2. Why is the immigrant the “canary in the coal mine” according to Lam (para. 6)? Explain why

you agree or disagree.
3. What does Lam mean when he says, “I find it beneficial to look at this country through two

different lenses: America vs. the United States” (para. 12)?
4. What is the purpose of Lam raising the issue of patriotism, specifically to say that “the only

Redefining America
good patriotism is a civilized one” (para. 15)?
5. At the end, Lam encourages his cousin to come to emigrate, despite all the challenges and

problems he has just outlined in his letter. Why? Are his reasons persuasive? Explain why or
why not.

Views on Immigration to the United States of America, 1994–2019
Views on Immigration to the United States of America, 1994–2019
6 6 6 6 Views on Immigration to the United States of America, 1994–2019
Pew Research Center
The following graphs provide information about Americans’ perceptions of immigrants’
contributions to the United States of America and the extent to which they’ve successfully
integrated into American culture over a period of roughly twenty-five years.

Burden country by Strengthen country
taking jobs, housing, because of their hard
health care work, talents
63 62

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28 “Immigrants strengthen US graph.” Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (1/7/21) https://www.pewresearch.org/

1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
% who say immigrants strengthen our country
because of their hard work and talents

% who say that compared to the immigrants of the early
1900s, today’s immigrants are____willing to adapt to the
American way of life

More willing About as willing Less willing “Immigration assimilation graph” Pew Research Center, Washington,
June 2018 26 32 36 D.C. (1/7/21) https://www .pewresearch.org/

March 2006 19 30 44

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