Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Throughout the world, there are vast amounts of skilled workers who desire to pursue their ultimate dreams. In order to earn the job they have wanted all their life, many try to come to America. This is problematic due to the fact that Americans believe that immigrants will steal the jobs from the nation’s people. Shayan Zadeh fights this opinion as he explains a personal story of how he accomplished his dream. In his opinion piece, “Bring on More Immigrant Entrepreneurs”, he responds to the claim anout immigrants draining the economy. He fights by stating that he, himself, has created 150 new jobs through his newly found dating company, Zoosk, in America. Zadeh uses his personal experience and credible research to further show the tone of …show more content…
Zadeh is an American by choice and loves how America is accepting tired and poor people who want to start a better life in our country. Simultaneously, he states that he is “baffled” that skilled immigrants are being turned away when all they want is to work for success legally without hurting the economy. This word usage shows how strongly he feels that hard workers are being turned down “even as our economy remains stagnant” (12). He points out that the economy is dead wishing to persuade even further that immigrants would only help the U.S. His words are used in order to show the author his side of immigration. This makes it more likely for him to get the audience to take his side because he makes them feel as if America is being …show more content…
economy if they come into the American workforce legally. The author’s elements prove his point due to the story of his personal experience. He legally accomplished what he had always dreamed of. The process was long and tedious, but he did not lose hope. Although many immigrants are acquiring American jobs, it is not doing any harm if they have become citizens of our proud country. I have been convinced by Zadeh that it is wrong to turn “away the skilled masses that are hungry only for work” (12). All in all, Zadeh successfully tells his story of how as an immigrant to America, he conquered many significant obstacles in order to fulfill his greatest ambitions. He turned out to be a victorious entrepreneur and employer. He is able to persuade the readers once again by attracting their emotional appeals and logical calls. The tone in his article shows his determination for legal immigrant success in America. Sine this is a problem that America is still facing today, it is important to consider that the borders of the U.S. should not be the reason that immigrants cannot be the entrepreneurs in the