Fallacies In A Well-Constructed Argument

While the INS – Immigration and Naturalization Services in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security have a duty to perfom, the system has many flaws. The essay, “Impounded Fathers”, by Edwidge Danticat, brings to light some of the unfair circumstances caused by these organizations. It speaks about the immigration system in the United States of America and the adverse effects that it has had on millions of lives. Edwidge shared her personal experience with the system, as well as the experiences of other immgrants who were and are still being impactedby by these organizations. She spoke about the injustices dealt to persons of foreign origin and their American born children. These children who

In “Our fear of Immigrants” by Jeremy Adam smith, the author recalls a story about a young elementary student that got deported during Christmas break. Immigration has always been a controversial topic in this country. Many have different views on why deportation is beneficial and why it is not. In this instance Rodrigo Guzman’s classmates were saddened and confused about why their classmate and dear friend had gotten sent to another country for no apparent reason. It was something these students didn’t understand since it was a subject they knew nothing about, however, the students knew it was not fair to their friend. Smith wanted to dig deeper on what emotions immigrants bring up in people and why was it

A common misconception is that legalizing illegal immigrants would just result in “criminals” running around the streets causing disturbances. Who is ignored is the benefit of a very specific population of Americans, the sons and daughters of illegal immigrants. American children are harmed every time one or both of their parents is deported as a result of the lack of an immigration reform. In the article, “Children of Illegal Immigrants Struggle When Parents Are Deported” Valbrun states that “the government deported more than 46,000 parents of children with U.S. citizenship in the first half of 2011, according to the ARC report.” In these conditions, jailed parents cannot fight for their children’s custody and at times lose it to the government who then puts the children out for adoption or in foster care when they already have loving parents. Properly legalizing immigrants would improve the lives of many American children and improve the American social aspects with more

“Today, about 70 percent of immigrants who enter the country legally come in through a system that gives strong weight to people with relatives currently living here.” This data like much other has no source and makes it unreliable. However, this gives some strength as the data is numerical used to prove the author’s point unlike Document 1 which had no numerical data. Some would say that this data can’t be proven false, but you can always find a reliable source online and compare. The reoccurring theme is weakness woven throughout Document

They are raising awareness of how the current status of this nation and how it is affecting the Latinos here. The stress of being deported is affecting these women and their children. Not only are they affecting Latino women, but the Caucasian women as well. The study showed that they had the opposite affect on Caucasians because their babies were being born in “normal” time when the Latinos are stressed. To conclude, I feel that the author of the article want people to know that everyone’s actions and opinions of immigrants and deportation has affects on women and children. I personally believe that there should be a study to help bring the stress of these women and save their

This essay is about an editorial on the Border Crisis in Texas. The editorial states the political involvement of immigration and the laws pertaining to them. The author claims are biased and not credible. The author uses his or her own judgement for the claims they are making. Due to the way the author wrote this editorial, the article does not make a good argument. Here are some reasons why.

From their study, they concluded that there were significant differences in the types of alleged maltreatment that brought children of immigrants to the attention of the child welfare system compared to children of U.S.-born parents (Dettlaff & Earner, 2012). It was also concluded that children in immigrant families are more likely to experience emotional abuse, however, they are nearly eight times less likely to experience physical neglect compared to their U.S.-born parents counterparts (Dettlaff & Earner, 2007, p.

I enjoyed your post and can relate to the use of logical fallacies that parents tend to use. I myself will use logically fallacies to try and persuade my children to do what I ask them to do. My mother also would tell me that if I went to bed with wet hair that I would get sick. As a child, I never questioned what my mother said it had to be true because she said it. As you grow you learn that there is no correlation between wet hair and a cold or flu. A virus is the only way someone can contract a cold or flu. As you stated there can be a chance that a person is becoming sick from a virus and goes to bed with wet hair and wakes up feeling sick. But there is no scientific evidence supporting wet and a cold. Another fallacy that is present in

According to the article, immigrants come, illegally, to the U.S. to provide a better life for their children. What most of them don’t comprehend is coming illegally will not benefit them. Doing so could only hurt and confuse the children. Michael Paulsen, husband of Emma Sanchez, travels 80 miles every weekend from

They see that it is the wrong thing to do to make the parents separate from their kids and let a complete stranger to take care of them. If they go with their parents to their home country they would go to a country that everything will be new to them and it would be somewhere they don't belong because they already started their life here in the U.S.. Separating immigrant families would make the kids suffer not knowing who is going to take care of them as well as not knowing where their parents are, as well as having the chance of never being able seeing them again. According to The Atlantic “The mental toll and isolation on both parents and children who remain in the U.S. can be devastating, which is often compounded by a reluctance or inability to access mental-health care that might bring some relief.” (Emily Deruy ). The separation of the parents and kids have led to the kids having a mental toll on them since they no longer will see their parents as well as not having the chance to get any type of help to get through this crisis that them and their parents are going through. The deportation of illgela immigrant families leave a mental scar to not only the kids but also the

I am writing in response to the article ‘Endless waves of Illegal Immigrants floods Rio Grande Valley” by Jana Winter for FOX NEWS on July 14, 2015. In this article, it mainly focuses its attention on the negative aspects of illegal immigrants and makes the reader believe that immigrants are the problem. The article, makes illegal immigrates seem like they are all criminals and villains. On top of that, this articles doe’s little to no explaining on the reasons for why immigrants to come to the United States. Having grandparents and parents who were illegal, I know some of the reasons and motives behind the decision to migrate to the United States such as escaping poverty, providing a better future for their kids, and the opportunity to pursue the American dream. If these points were added into this article, Americans would be more sympathetic to the situation of millions of immigrants and make movements to get legislation passed that would offer citizenship, work visa, and green cards to illegal immigrants.

Bret Stephens’ editorial concerning a modern controversial issue on deportation and immigrants in America was published in the face of the growing anti-immigration criticism. As a child of immigrants himself, he reprimands the educated public on the stereotypes they have placed on immigrants. Stephens establishes and supports his arguments through his use of evidence, sarcasm, and point of view/voice.

Throughout the essay, Smith uses realistic accounts to appeal to the credibility and emotion of the audience. With his non-polarized presentation of the issue, Smith is able to highlight both sides of the argument and give the audience an accurate description of the debate on immigration. Smith shows an example of a liberal response

The newspaper article from The Daily Telegraph has used emphasis on “Migrants” as their headline title. The purpose of this news article, initiated by Laura Hughes, the author, is to show her views about the Migrants’ unnecessary and unacceptable behaviours affect Britain’s communities and values. Another purpose of the newspaper article is to inform readers about the circumstances in Britain. There are some affordances in a newspaper article such as the credibility of the writing itself, and writers can deliver their opinions validly. Also allows a strong sense of the transaction between writer and reader. However, there are some limitations of a newspaper article such as; the use of one narrative voice can be misconstrued due to the absence

In this module we have started learning about the RED model. R in RED model stands for recognize assumptions, it is the ability to distinguish facts from opinions. The E in Red model stands for Evaluate information. It is the ability to know the difference between confirmation biases, which is when we look at different information based on our beliefs. Anchoring which is when you look up things and take the first thing you find. It also means to understand when someone is persuading you to sway to what they believe. D in the RED model is Draw conclusions which is coming to a conclusion using your logic and evidence rather than your bias. We were given many questions to answer while writing just to name a few, in recognize assumptions “what