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Ma, NaNa

ESL 33B

Dr. Carlisi

12 June 2018

Thesis Statement

Asian immigrants have successfully assimilated into the U.S., and in some specific areas, they

have done it better than the native people even though they face a lot of challenges.

Detailed Outline

I. Introduction

A. Immigrants need to “become American”. Asian immigrants are no exception.

1. With the population of Asians, and still increasing, their cultures need to assimilate

when they immigrated to U.S

2. In fact, assimilating into the country’s culture plays a key role in improving the

chance of immigrants to succeed in the United States.

B. Thesis: Asian immigrants have successfully assimilated into the U.S., and in some

specific areas, they have done it better than the native people even though they face a

lot of challenges.

II. First, the Asian immigrants' daily life has been assimilated into the U.S.

A. Asian immigrants need cross the language barrier in their daily lives.

1. Based on Pew Research Center, immigrants from Asia that is 5 years old or older

has only about 50% of English proficiency.

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2. Based on The Rise of Asian Americans from Pew Research Center, 54% of Asian

immigrants thinks a successful marriage is necessary.

B. Asian Americans have now exceeded most of groups in U.S. for education.

1. Asian immigrants have success in education through assimilation.

a. With the assimilation and the effort, they have about 30% more of achievement

than Americans in 9th grade.

b. Asian immigrants are more likely to attend to elite colleges than those who

don’t take effort and be assimilated.

2. . The reason behind the assimilation Asian immigrants have higher level of

education and incomes

a. Asian immigrant scholars need to work harder and use more time to be able to

have the same education level as Americans.

b. . Asian immigrant scholars need to work harder and use more time to be able to

have the same education level as Americans.

III. The second success, Asian immigrants have a good employment and incomes, and it

shows that they have assimilated into America.

A. From Asian immigrants’ employment and their income statics, it can be shown that

they have assimilated into American in this area.

1. Asian immigrants like to work in management, professional, and other related

occupations.

2. Since their employment occupations are about the same, it can show that it is the

cause of assimilation.
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a. Asian immigrants are known for valuing education, they are also more likely

than other groups to have a bachelor’s degree or higher.

b. Asian immigrants are also having better grades in standardized tests, and they

are more likely to attend to elite colleges compare to whites.

B. Besides of employment of Asian immigrants, they also have about the same income

at a higher education level.

1. The reason behind a wide range of income is probably because of the Asian

immigrant’s population grew from the past decades.

2. when they get a bachelor’s degree, the range of incomes between Asian immigrants

and Americans is shortened to an average of the income changes.

C. “Asian Americans in the U.S. have a wide range of incomes.”.

1. Asian Americans have a wide range of incomes raging from 35k to almost 100k.

2. The difference of income is decided by the education level.

a. With a high school diploma, native people make about $10,000 more than

Asian Americans.

b. The difference of income between Americans and Asian immigrants decreases

with a bachelor’s degree.

IV. In the end, Asian Americans have a good education, and it shows that they have

assimilated into America.

A. Asian immigrants have passed Mexico and became a new source of immigrants in

the U.S., based on Pew Research Center.

1. A they have success in education not only they have parents that pushes them,

they also have done it through assimilation.

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2. For Asian immigrants to be successful in America, they also need to assimilate their

education into America.

a. With the assimilation and the effort, they have about 30% more of

achievement than Americans. Asian immigrant scholars need to work harder

and use more time to be able to have the same education level as Americans.

b. By assimilating in to the U.S., it can be proved that education is one of the

thing Asian immigrants can be benefitted from the assimilation in to the U.S.

B. One of the advantage for Asian Americans’ academic achievements are that their

parents tend to be better educated.

1. Asian Americans usually lives in families that are stable and with higher incomes.

2. Asian immigrant parents spent more time and energy to push their children study

harder.

C. The cost of Asian Americans’ academic success is the youth are less psychologically

adjusted and less socially engaged in school than white.

1. Asian American experience more conflict in relationships with their parents as their

parents expect more from them.

2. Asian American youth are under pressure to meet extraordinarily high goals.

a. The youth consider better achievements rather than native born whites.

b. On a scale of 4 points, the youth rarely feel close with mom or with their dad.

V. Conclusion

Asian immigrants take up more than 5% of total population in U.S., Their success

is also outstanding. So, the assimilation of immigrants is very important. getting assimilate

into the US is important for Asian immigrants because it involves reduction of the language
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barriers and the perceived culture Asian immigration has assimilated into the United States.

This not only improved the immigrants’ own living standards and happiness index, but also

promoted the development of society. The series of survey data shows that Asian Americans

have successfully integrated into the United States. They have a good family concept, and

they are one of the best groups in education. Moreover, Asian immigrants’ income is now

almost the same to the natives. Although the process of assimilation is a long-running

process, with the development and progress of society, Asian immigrants will absorb

experience from their successful aspects and do better in the future.

Introduction

The number of immigrants of the United States is increasing significantly in

recent years. (According to Jennifer Lee from The Society Pages), Asian are the fastest

growing group in the United States. The Asian population increased from 0.7% in 1970 to

6% in 2015. By the year of 2065, demographers predict that Asian immigrants will be more

than its double in size, accounting for 14 percent of the U.S. population (The data is from

U.S. Census Bureau, 2012). With this population of Asians, and it still increasing, to adapt to

American society plays a key role for Asian immigrants to succeed in the United States. In

other words, if they assimilate into the US, they would have a good life here. In fact, they

have assimilated into America, and it plays a key role in improving the chance of immigrants

to succeed in the United States. And the research shows that Asian immigrants can benefit

significantly by being assimilated in the American culture. Also, they can even have some

areas even better than the American. Moreover, Asian immigrants have successfully
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assimilated into many areas in the U.S. because many of them live a good life in the United

States with good education, good career, and nice income.

Asian immigrant population

16.00%
14.00%
12.00%
10.00%
8.00%
6.00%
4.00%
2.00%
0.00%
1970 2015 By 2065
Asian immigrant population

Body Paragraph with Data Analysis

From Asian Americans’ employment and their income statics, it can be shown that they

have assimilated into American in this area. (Bureau of Labor Statistics and Economic Policy

Institute) Asian immigrants and Americans have about the same types of employments and

incomes. Asian immigrants like to work in management, professional, and other related

occupations, and so is for the non-Asians. Within those occupations, Asian immigrants often

works in healthcare practitioners, technician, computer, and mathematical jobs. A total of more

than 50% of Asian immigrants works in management, professional and related occupations. In

reverse, both Asian immigrants and Americans doesn’t like to work in natural resources,

construction, and maintenance, production, transportation, and other service occupations. Within

the service occupations, Asian immigrants usually works in food preparation and personal care

services. Both Asian immigrants and Americans have about the same amount of people working
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in service occupations with 17.1% of Asian immigrants and 17.4% of Americans. Since their

employment occupations are about the same, it can show that it is the cause of assimilation. To

be able to work in the same area of occupations, Asian immigrants need to live in the same

environment, have the same education level, and with the same interests as Americans, and

Asian immigrants must do all those things through assimilation (Bureau of Labor Statistics and

Economic Policy Institute).

Besides of employment of Asian immigrants, they also have about the same income at a

higher education level. (Pew Research Center and Economic Policy Institute) Asian immigrant’s

average household income is about $73000, with Burmese ranking the lowest and Indians

ranking the highest. The reason behind a wide range of income is probably because of the Asian

immigrant’s population grew from the past decades. Asian immigrant’s population grew more

than 70% between 2000 and 2015. The average income difference between Asian immigrants

and Americans have a range of $10000 annually when they have a high school diploma. That

changes when they get a bachelor’s degree, the range of incomes between Asian immigrants and

Americans is shortened to an average of only about $4000 every year. (Pew Research Center and

Economic Policy Institute) From this, it can be assured that it was helped by the assimilation of

Asian immigrants. Asian immigrants have earned less than American with a high school level

since they probably stayed in U.S. for a shorter period and was not completely assimilated. They

have almost the same amount of income when they have a bachelor’s degree because to be able

to get a bachelor’s degree, they need to stay in U.S. to learn longer, and when they stayed longer

in U.S., they’ll be able to be assimilated more easily. The average income of Asian immigrants is

$73000 per year, that means most of Asian immigrants have a bachelor’s degree or higher in

U.S.
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American and Asian Immigrants Annual Income (25 or older)

$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$0
High School Diploma Bachelor's Degree or Higher

Americans Asian immigrants

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