Measured in absolute numbers, the level of immigration during the 1990s into the United States was _______ compared with the levels of previous decades. When considered as a percentage of the population at the time, the level of immigration into the United States during the 1990s was _______ than the levels experienced during the earlier decades of the twentieth century.

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Measured in absolute numbers, the level of immigration to the United States during the 1990s was higher than in previous decades. However, when considering immigration as a percentage of the total population, the level during the 1990s was lower compared to the early decades of the twentieth century, when the U.S. population was much smaller.

Measured in Absolute Numbers, the Level of Immigration During the 1990s