“Border Fencing Is Bad Policy”
According to Melanie Mason, the author of “Border Fencing Is Bad Policy”, the United States should not build a fence that spans the border of Mexico. There are 12 million undocumented immigrants living in America, and the author claims that a fence will stop nothing. The government has been trying to put more barriers between America and severely restrict immigration, but according to Mason, “the border fence is a political band-aid for a larger policy problem.” By using evidence and appealing to human compassion, Mason convinces the reader that a border fence is unnecessary and a small issue covering up a larger one.
Mason begins by using reason to immediately establish her opinion and to make the reader feel …show more content…
With it getting harder to keep moving back and forth over the border, Mass says that “the rate of return[to Mexico] among unauthorized migrants has decreased”. Another logical point was how the smugglers, also referred to as coyotes, have been involved with 80% of illegal immigrants, and they cost so much that they stay in America and don’t try their luck again. By using to logic to show how it “exacerbates the problem”, she keeps the strong chain of evidence and holds her opinion higher with the evidence involved.
Next, Mason focuses on appealing to compassion and emotions to make the reader feel bad for the immigrants crossing over. She talks about the amount of death caused by making the border harder to cross, which forces the reader to feel pity for the hardships they have to go through. She refers to the fence as being “inhumane” and uses the word “harsh” to repeatedly describe what the immigrants have to go through and their conditions. By doing so, Mason shows the human side to the situation as humans are often ruled by their emotions, and this would bring their opinion of the border fence …show more content…
"Border Fencing Is Bad Policy." Homeland Security, edited by James D. Torr, Greenhaven Press, 2004. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010265225/OVIC?u=morenetsv&xid=62c69460. Accessed 15 Nov. 2017. Originally published as "The Border Fence Folly," The New Republic, 30 June
According to Melanie Mason, the author of “Border Fencing Is Bad Policy”, the United States should not build a fence that spans the border of Mexico. There are 12 million undocumented immigrants living in America, and the author claims that a fence will stop nothing. The government has been trying to put more barriers between America and severely restrict immigration, but according to Mason, “the border fence is a political band-aid for a larger policy problem.” By using evidence and appealing to human compassion, Mason convinces the reader that a border fence is unnecessary and a small issue covering up a larger one.
Mason begins by using reason to immediately establish her opinion and to make the reader feel …show more content…
With it getting harder to keep moving back and forth over the border, Mass says that “the rate of return[to Mexico] among unauthorized migrants has decreased”. Another logical point was how the smugglers, also referred to as coyotes, have been involved with 80% of illegal immigrants, and they cost so much that they stay in America and don’t try their luck again. By using to logic to show how it “exacerbates the problem”, she keeps the strong chain of evidence and holds her opinion higher with the evidence involved.
Next, Mason focuses on appealing to compassion and emotions to make the reader feel bad for the immigrants crossing over. She talks about the amount of death caused by making the border harder to cross, which forces the reader to feel pity for the hardships they have to go through. She refers to the fence as being “inhumane” and uses the word “harsh” to repeatedly describe what the immigrants have to go through and their conditions. By doing so, Mason shows the human side to the situation as humans are often ruled by their emotions, and this would bring their opinion of the border fence …show more content…
"Border Fencing Is Bad Policy." Homeland Security, edited by James D. Torr, Greenhaven Press, 2004. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010265225/OVIC?u=morenetsv&xid=62c69460. Accessed 15 Nov. 2017. Originally published as "The Border Fence Folly," The New Republic, 30 June