providing education
Public schools and education were very crucial
the setting for the story is that the Lin family try to be Americanized
immigrant
The largest immigrant group in the US are Mexicans, of which about 800,000 Mexicans migrate to the US every year.
a full us passport is acceptable
An immigrant can get another sponsor if the sponsor if the immigrant is on H1B. But the new sponsor need to file a new H1B for the immigrant.
The Estimated Mexican Immigrant Population in the US by 2012 is 420,420 immigrants. :)
The word Americanize means to make American in character or nationality. You can use it in a sentence like although she was an immigrant she thought of herself as Americanized.
Mexicans
If they're in the country legally, they should apply for US citizenship.
Yes, it is against the law for a non-immigrant to work for cash in the US
Follow the rules prescribed by the Government for immigrant.