Does Immigration Harm Working Americans? By David Frum Summary

Two huge topics in the media are jobs and immigration and often these two topics intertwine to form a large debate. When discussing immigration, the conversation often leads back to jobs and whether the influx of immigrants is affecting the native-born opportunities for employment. One of the largest concerns surrounding immigration is job flow and immigrants being employed over Americans. This is an issue that David Frum addresses in his article "Does Immigration Harm Working Americans?" His piece reflects the struggle between the native-born worker and the low wage immigrant. Frum utilizes persuasive techniques to sway the reader in the direction of his own opinion, which is that immigrants do in fact effect the employment of native born Americans. He comprehensively discusses the issue heavily relying on logos, and partially relying on ethos and pathos to persuade the reader in the direction of his own opinion.
Frum uses logos by presenting an opposing expert sides to his opinion and then thoroughly and logically rebuts said opinion, appeal to the logical reasoning of the reader. To further his argument, Frum thoroughly explains the opposing view point with distinct familiarity. He describes the term “complementarity”, which is used consistently by his opposition, to explain that immigration is not …show more content…
He has been a senior editor at The Atlantic for three years. He is also received his B.A. and M.A. from Yale at the same time and is a Harvard law graduate. He has authored eight books, two of which are New York Times bestsellers. To top off his very remarkable resume he is the former speechwriter for President George W. Bush (“David Frum Named Senior Editor at The Atlantic”). These attributes help contribute to his ethos and allows the reader to trust that he is making an educated statement. I as a reader am ensured that the piece I am reading is one written by an educated, experienced