The author, Isaac Asimov, is trying to teach us through this story
The Three Laws of Robotics, which were obviously devised by him so that men of the future will be able to have humanlike feelings. As examples of this author's intention it is worth to mention what the robot expresses through the story:
"One would like to have more expression,"
"One has thoughts and feelings that presently do not show."
Answer: D. While controlling immigration continues to be a concern of the government, policies have mostly shifted from being exclusionary to inclusionary over time.
Explanation:
The article, ''<em>America's Shifting Views on Immigration'' </em>by <em>Mark Kubic</em> had the main idea that the US government has been very concerned with controlling immigration for almost as long as it has been in existence.
The policies enacted however, have varied between exclusionary such as laws that prohibited Catholics, Jews and Asians to policies that were inclusionary such as those that welcomed refugees from eastern Europe when it was dominated by communists.
Perhaps the greatest aspect of the Great Awakening in terms of its foreshadowing of 20th century reforms was that of its stance on abolition (and subsequently the rights of African-Americans) and women's rights. These ideals were spread through America in all walks of life long before mainstream rights for African-Americans were even considered a possibility.
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