Idol 1 Laurel Idol ENGL 1102-093 Connie Douglas Rhetorical Analysis 13 February 2014 Immigration: Who Should Live

in America? Do you think that illegal immigrants should be deported or should they be granted citizenship to the Land of Opportunity? This is an ongoing debate and constant battle within the government of the United States. Many articles state their opinions of immigration reform and whether it should be done or not. Susan Davis, author of the article, which was featured in USA Today, GOP opens path to 12 million stated, The House Republicans unveiled a set of principals that would allow the nations 12 million undocumented immigrants to legally live and work in the USA. (Davis) Reed Karaim, author of Immigration gives all of the possible challenges and problems that the United States would face if immigrants were allowed to become legal citizens. These authors both bring up many situations that the government is faced with, when deciding on this reform. Reed Karaim wrote an article that was published in 2013. His article makes his audience really think about the situation and which is the best way to handle it. He brings many different points and situations to the readers mind. He wrote an article with many examples and facts to back up his arguments. He talks about how the government has been addressing this current issue, stating, The political winds may have shifted on the divisive, long-stalled issue of immigration reform, and brings up way that the government proposes to solve these issues. (Karaim) Karaim takes each individual solution and gives all of the possible outcomes or

Idol 2 situations that could result from that particular issue. Hitting on specific details, Karaim also tells the details of the steps and procedures that immigrants would have to go through in order to gain legal citizenship. In addition to this, he talks about job opportunities for these immigrants, stating, Migrant workers pick strawberries in California. An immigration reform bill under consideration in the U.S. Senate would create more temporary work visas for agricultural workers. (Karaim) He closes his article with stating, America has always been a nation of immigrants. The current wave of immigration is similarly transforming the nations identity. This demographic shift is making an immigration reform inevitable. (Karaim) Susan Davis news article, written in 2014, is more so to relay information about a current situation that the government is facing. Although she tells important information to the audience, her article is not as strong as Reed Karaims. She tells about the Republicans point of view on the immigration reform and why they passed this bill. Davis stated, Republicans may attract more support from Hispanic Americans who voted overwhelmingly for President Obama. (Davis 1) She writes about current meetings that the government has had, stating, This document was not voted upon the GOP conference and clearly does not represent the consensus of Republican members. (Davis) As a reader, this article is not as strong because of what it addresses. Davis article addresses and effects government officials and tells about their wellbeing, whereas, Karaims article tells more about the wellbeing of American citizens and how they will be affected. Although this article is good to retrieve information about what the government has currently talked about, it does not directly affect the audience. Davis did report some of the same evidence and information that Karaim reported on, including Implementing a temporary worker program to address the economic needs of the country. (Davis)

Idol 3 Immigration is a continuing problem here in the United States. These articles and this problem show that America is concerned about who is in our country and the wellbeing of the country and its citizens. Reed Karaim writes an article that is efficient in addressing this current issue, informing his audience of the problem, and proposing possible effects to each solution that is given for this problem. Karaim is excellent at targeting his audience in an appropriate manner and with good information. The United States has a lot of improving to do to resolve this problem.

Idol 4 Works Cited Davis, Susan, Gomez, Alan. "GOP Opens Math to 12 Million." MAS Complete. 31 Jan. 2014. Web. 5 Feb. 2014. Karaim, Reed. "Immigration." CQ Researcher 15 June 2013. Web. 11 Feb. 2014.