I am writing in response to the editorial request to determine whether to publish the article “Reforming Immigration for Good” by Mae M. Nagi. After analyzing the article “Reforming Immigration for Good” I highly recommend editorial for publication of this article in The Shorthorn because everyone needs to be informed about immigration reform in the United States and should understand about immigration law. There are various reasons for my recommendation for publishing this article. Firstly, Ngai demonstrates her concerns for immigrants living in the United States and tries to inform the readers about reforming immigration. Secondly, she uses ethos, pathos, and logos appeals to show acts of persuasion towards immigration, which would be convincing
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She describes the situation of 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States pointing “the hazards of crossing an increasingly militarized border led many Mexican workers to settle permanently in the United States.” This statement is convincing that will make an impact on UTA students and staff member’s because she talked about the facts that many people who came to the United States to work has stuck here permanently leaving their family in their home country due to high security at the border that they cannot go back. Addition, she makes an emotional appeal by stating the sentence that had said often by some American citizens to the immigrates, which is “go to the back of the line,”. This statement emphasizes that many immigrations are always being put on the waiting list or they are being victim of “cruel joke”. The Shorthorn audiences will find this appeal of pathos is effective because they have probably experienced or knows someone who had experienced this situation. In the article, Ngai say’s “But we can do better.” to let the readers know that even though some of them are not in favor to immigration, we can do something that will favor immigration if “we should push for a similar system, with the same principles of flexibility and
She describes the situation of 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States pointing “the hazards of crossing an increasingly militarized border led many Mexican workers to settle permanently in the United States.” This statement is convincing that will make an impact on UTA students and staff member’s because she talked about the facts that many people who came to the United States to work has stuck here permanently leaving their family in their home country due to high security at the border that they cannot go back. Addition, she makes an emotional appeal by stating the sentence that had said often by some American citizens to the immigrates, which is “go to the back of the line,”. This statement emphasizes that many immigrations are always being put on the waiting list or they are being victim of “cruel joke”. The Shorthorn audiences will find this appeal of pathos is effective because they have probably experienced or knows someone who had experienced this situation. In the article, Ngai say’s “But we can do better.” to let the readers know that even though some of them are not in favor to immigration, we can do something that will favor immigration if “we should push for a similar system, with the same principles of flexibility and