Which one of the following best states the function of the author's mention of "two immigrant streams" (line 62)?

mayatassi on September 5, 2022

So sorry. I meant D and not C. Thanks,

Emil-Kunkin on November 28, 2022

Hi, in the context of the passage, the author is using the final paragraph to show how the changes in what skills the labor market needed were relevant to both Chinese and Japanese immigrants. The specific portion of the passage in question references the demand for two specific kinds of immigrants with different skills. The author does this to illustrate how the labor market and capitalism more generally impacted the structural, or demand side, factors that impacted our two groups in question. This is a good match for d. I think C is much more broad, nature would include things like family or solo, gender balance, etc.