eJournal USA: Society & Values

Assimilation: What Is It and How Does It Work?

Victor Hanson

今日美國人: 種族、民族和文化 The United States in 2005: Who We Are Today

CONTENTS
About This Issue
The American Identity
The Changing Face of America
Profiles
Still E Pluribus Unum? Yes
The Immigration Debate
A Valley in California
A Town in West Virginia
Bibliography
Internet Resources
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But because we have so many people coming in and coming in under illegal auspices that we're creating almost a permanent transitory group of a million or two people who are in this process of assimilation, but not assimilation in the 19th century sense. I'm talking about a 30 or 40 or 50-year process.