Which conclusion does this excerpt most clearly support? Hon. William Williams, Commissioner at New York, says in
his report: "[The present laws] do not reach a large body of
immigrants who, while not of this class, are yet generally
undesirable, because unintelligent, of low vitality, of poor
physique, able to perform only the cheapest kind of
manual labor, desirous of locating almost exclusively in the
cities, by their competition tending to reduce the standard
of living of the American wageworker, and unfitted
mentally or morally for good citizenship. ... Their coming
has been of benefit chiefly, if not only, to the transportation
companies which brought them here."
A. Nativist sentiment was on the rise at the turn of the century.
B. Immigration restrictions in the early 20th century induced job
growth.
C. Americanization efforts among immigrants in the late 1800s
quelled discontent.
D. Industrialization spurred demand for immigration in the late 19th
century.