People constantly immigrate to the United States with the ambition of gaining an ameliorated lifestyle. They arrive with the willingness to work, adapt to the American culture, and increase the amount of jobs. This postulates that permitting immigrants into the United States has its advantages, however Gene Callahan in his article “Immigration, Yes—and No: A Trimmer’s Case Against Open Borders and Closed Minds,” argues contra advocates for “open borders.” He avows that the United States faces a threat of having “too many immigrants,” ergo the U.S must avert this from occurring. Callahan’s antagonistic views revolve around the idea that certain issues should precede in the immigration policy. These issues include the “economic effects of immigration,
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Through a series of conclusions reinforced by historical events, Callahan emphasizes that the U.S. is heading towards the same direction as the empires did, years ago. He adverts that “The Western Roman Empire” had come “to an end in AD 476… due to invading barbarians” thus concluding that no regiment in the U.S, could lead to a country subjugated by immigrants. Callahan hinges on brief stories that meager in detail rather than accentuating on other factors other than immigration. He denotes these poorly detailed historic events, implying the preeminence of seeking control over today’s “invading barbarians.” In addition, Callahan flounders in implementing statistics and evidence when emphasizing that “immigration tends to lower the employment opportunities and wages” or “immigration increases supply of workers.” Subsequently, he constructs scenarios appealing to us through his use of common sense by noting that it would be facile to abetment a neighbor than “to help a homeless person in Latvia.” Though his argument dwells on constructed reasoning and common sense rather than actual evidence and statistics, his use of ethos and pathos clearly show that the purpose of his argument is to make a proposal to avoid an excessive amount of …show more content…
Callahan’s method of listing several empires, whose downfall were engendered by lost control over “immigration,” creates a sense of fear over the reader; alerting us that this could be impending for the United States. Furthermore, his claim that while “immigrants increase the lower the wage… will be,” establishes a feeling of insecurity at thought of the imminent problems immigrants cause. His ability to specify on points raises awareness, and evokes us to feel menaced, unsure about advocating for immigrants. He adds on “As their numbers increase… they will assimilate and…swamp the native culture with their own,” his use of persuasion and ethos triggers us to be agitated. Although allowing immigrants has its advantages, its disadvantages have a greater impact upon the American
Through a series of conclusions reinforced by historical events, Callahan emphasizes that the U.S. is heading towards the same direction as the empires did, years ago. He adverts that “The Western Roman Empire” had come “to an end in AD 476… due to invading barbarians” thus concluding that no regiment in the U.S, could lead to a country subjugated by immigrants. Callahan hinges on brief stories that meager in detail rather than accentuating on other factors other than immigration. He denotes these poorly detailed historic events, implying the preeminence of seeking control over today’s “invading barbarians.” In addition, Callahan flounders in implementing statistics and evidence when emphasizing that “immigration tends to lower the employment opportunities and wages” or “immigration increases supply of workers.” Subsequently, he constructs scenarios appealing to us through his use of common sense by noting that it would be facile to abetment a neighbor than “to help a homeless person in Latvia.” Though his argument dwells on constructed reasoning and common sense rather than actual evidence and statistics, his use of ethos and pathos clearly show that the purpose of his argument is to make a proposal to avoid an excessive amount of …show more content…
Callahan’s method of listing several empires, whose downfall were engendered by lost control over “immigration,” creates a sense of fear over the reader; alerting us that this could be impending for the United States. Furthermore, his claim that while “immigrants increase the lower the wage… will be,” establishes a feeling of insecurity at thought of the imminent problems immigrants cause. His ability to specify on points raises awareness, and evokes us to feel menaced, unsure about advocating for immigrants. He adds on “As their numbers increase… they will assimilate and…swamp the native culture with their own,” his use of persuasion and ethos triggers us to be agitated. Although allowing immigrants has its advantages, its disadvantages have a greater impact upon the American