Dreamers: Here to Stay
A rhetorical analysis of Ricardo Aca’s article “The Looming Uncertainty for Dreamers Like Me.”
Nearly 800,000 students fear their protection after the proposed recall of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). New York Times author Ricardo Aca is one of those students protected under the 2012 act (Source). He discusses his position with use of the rhetorical triangle. He builds his ethics by personal accomplishment. He is a senior at Baruch College studying public relations (source). Baruch College is one of the largest urban colleges in the United States and has been proclaimed as the most diverse student body (“About Baruch”). However even with the large population, the acceptance rate is only 32%.
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He additionally states how the program, although numerous participants, is difficult to be on (main). This made me curious, in response I researched. Several requirements have been issued by the Government. One must be under the age of 31 at the time of act establishment, have lived in the US from 2007 to present time, never committed a felony, misdemeanor, etc., and are in or have graduated high school, or received equivalent diploma (“Consideration of Deferred…”). He claims to pay taxes and yet receives little benefits. They can not receive health insurance or state funded financial aid. (source). This lead me to conclude that there is a greater harm in discontinuing the DACA. They benefit our economy by working and paying taxes; our government gives no money in return, just rights. Although his logic is vague, he provides just enough to intrigue the inquisitive.
Pathos is the most prominent. His word choice varies based on what emotion he is attempting to appeal. He provides the reader with anger, fear, love, and hopelessness. The line I found most invoking was “step out of the shadows of society.” With my love of poetry, I found the alliteration to be impactful. Although not one direct emotion is given, the reader can notice the hissing “s”. Other words contain a more direct in impact. He invokes anger on the reader by using strong, multi-syllable words like whiplashed,
As it stands, DACA is a program that allows undocumented immigrants to come out of hiding, and helps them to enjoy some of the benefits of US citizens, such as applying for a drivers license, credit card, and work authorization. DACA allows undocumented immigrants who came here as children, to live without fear of deportation. However, not everyone is eligible for DACA, and strict eligibility rules are in place to make sure that the criminals and unproductive people don't get to stay in this country and receive benefits for free. To be eligible for DACA, you must have been brought here before your 16th birthday, born after June 15, 1981, lived here continuously since June 15, 2007, have a minimum of a GED or be enrolled in school, and
According to Bray (2016), DACA is not sufficient in quantity and quality to meet the demands of every immigrant. Although the act has benefitted countless undocumented immigrants, it does not provide a stable future because it only allows “children that were brought to the U.S. who meet other requirements to apply for two years from deportation (removal), as well a work permit” (294). Nonetheless, the act does not offer long term benefits and like many social policies, it has strict requirements such as; age, education, continuous residence in the U.S. since
DACA (sometimes called the Dreamers law) allowed people that came to the U.S. illegally as children to stay. Some people say those immigrants should be allowed to stay because they didn’t choose to come to America illegally and have only known America as their homeland. Others say their plight is sad, but the law is the law. Although the DACA program helps a few, this program should be dramatically changed because illegal immigrants can come here and not pay taxes while they get free healthcare and financial aid.
Discuss how your understanding of change has been developed by your prescribed and related texts.
1-The intended audience for this article are the millennials/ this generation. The author directs this article to this generation because he believes this generation has the responsibility to keep the American Dream alive for the next generation. As the author clearly sates, “for the American Dream, to survive another generation, then another. “if the American Dream is to come true and to abide with us…it will, at bottom, depend on the people themselves. “The people who have the power to change the world should just as the people who have the power to change the dream for better we should. The ones who can move physically and can be heard should move and speak their mind to help for the better is this generation. The authors audience are
DACA was created by the Obama administration in June of 2012 with the vision to relief deportation and giving protection to foreign minors who entered the country illegally so that they could stay, work and get education without being deported to their country of origin. DACA has been entitling to controversy and uncertainty since the Trump administration because this action provides the recipients the opportunity to receive a two year renewable deferral of deportation, a work permit and benefits provided by the government. This action has been rescind by the President Donald Trump on September of 2017; more than 800,000 recipients (known as DREAMers) are left with concerns, worriers and fears of being deported to their country of birth because their families, education, friends and life is here in The United States.
The author was very heavy in the Pathos category. He invested strongly in using stories and vivid language to get their point across to the readers. For example, in paragraph 4 the author talked about living north of New York City. Talking about how most of the vehicles people would see on the road would be an SUV or a light truck. They went on saying
Many would argue that DACA immigrants, along with many other immigrants coming into the US, would cause a decrease in the quality of life for current American citizens living here now. When people from around the world coming into the US, this creates more supply and demand. With prices increasing and more resources being reduced with more people coming into the US, current citizens living in this country would not want more immigrants coming in. Even though there are
In September of 2017, the Trump administration made a statement saying that DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) will come to an end, calling the program unconstitutional and criticizing it as "unilateral executive amnesty." DACA is an executive order created by former President Barack Obama, and the program allows hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who came to the United States as a child illegally to remain in the United States. The majority of applicants to DACA cannot have serious criminal history and must have been brought to the US before 2007, under the age of 16. DACA allows for these young people to live and work inside the US legally without risk of deportation. Now, the issue with Trump ending
He uses vivid words and feelings. He describes one feeling as “the mind usually receives even the sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible.” Some of the more impacting words include decayed, depression, bitter, hideous, iciness, unnerved, and sorrowful; these all give off a gloomy attitude. They are all descriptive words that cause a negative effect upon the reader.
DACA does help it's recipients acquire a work permit, Social Security number, State ID, open a bank account and apply for scholarships. But what about the 12 million undocumented immigrants that are not fortunate enough to qualify for the program. These immigrants have no work permit forcing them to undergo poor working conditions, below minimum wage salaries, no benefits, and long exhausting hours to support their families. They have to work harder because the price of losing their jobs is higher. Not to mention that illegal immigrants paid $13 billion in just payroll taxes for benefits they can't receive (Welfare, Food Stamps, etc.) as well as sales and property taxes they pay whenever they purchase clothing, gas, or rent for their
This program allows children brought to America illegally to obtain driver’s license, enroll in college, find legal jobs, pay income taxes, and also serve in the military without the fear of being deported to their country. More than thousands of people could lose their jobs if DACA is taken away forever. It could also cause more than 800,000 dreamers to be uncertain about their future and the possibility of being deported. Following is a Juan Escalante’s story of how and why his family he decided to come to America with his family. “I remember the day I found out I was undocumented. I got a call from an admissions office from a university I had applied to. They wanted to see a green card. I was extremely embarrassed. My mother just started crying. She just started apologizing and told me that it was her fault and that she wanted a better future of us.”. When Juan Escalante was 11 years old, his family and him came to the United States from Venezuela, where life had become dangerous. “We were driving and we stopped at a red light. A man approaches our car and he told my
In Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech, King makes use of an innumerable amount of rhetorical devices that augment the overall understanding and flow of the speech. King makes the audience feel an immense amount of emotion due to the outstanding use of pathos in his speech. King also generates a vast use of rhetorical devices including allusion, anaphora, and antithesis. The way that King conducted his speech adds to the comprehension and gives the effect that he wants to rise above the injustices of racism and segregation that so many people are subjected to on a daily basis.
You should comment upon and compare at least two of his poems and describe the tone he writes in the imagery he uses and the poetical techniques he includes to convey his opinions.
“I have a dream that one day all men are created equal.” Arguably the most powerful quote said by the most powerful men at the most powerful of speeches known as the “I Have a Dream Speech” during the African American Civil Rights Movement. So, it does require deep analyzation to fully grasp the piece and the author as whole. Analyzing the style of the author as a writer and a speaker, the audience and the rhetorical themes will help you to fully grasp the piece and the author. The author his name, Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King is an astonishing speaker. He is also a great writer too. Martin Luther King’s speech changed the landscape of civil rights immediately and for years to come. Since there is the speech itself and a written piece I will be analyzing a mix of both from the speech and the written peace.