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Rhetorical Analysis Immigration

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This rhetorical analysis will analyze “Illegal immigration, border enforcement, and relative wages: Evidence from Apprehensions at the US-Mexico border,” by Hanson Gordon H and Antonio Spilimbergo, published in 1999 in the American Economic Association, implies that the south-west border has the highest number of illegal immigrants flowing in. In comparison, Ramanujan Nadadur article, “Illegal Immigration: A Positive Economic Contribution to the United States,” published in 2009 in the Ethnic and Migration Studies, outlines the positive impacts that illegal immigration brings to the U.S economy. The article by Hanson Gordon H and Antonio Spilimbergo targets a general audience since the level that it is written is easily understood. The second …show more content…

This rhetorical analysis will identify the types Rhetorical Context use in both article journals. It will also explore and break down the Terminology and Content as well as other aspects. The first articles written by Hanson Gordon H and Antonio Spilimbergo bring to light some of the efforts that the government has put in trying to limit and stopping illegal immigration. It even took into account the finding of a study commissioned by the Office of National Drug Control Policy that state it would be better to control the inflow of illegal immigrant than to deport the immigrants already in the US. The article’s purpose at this point is to inform the general public on the border issues the nation is facing. The authors employ a lot of graphs and tables in presenting their findings thus making the article easier to understand and a get a sense of what they are trying to convey. One of the main purposes of writing this article was to inform the citizens of the immigration laws and to …show more content…

He is able to do this by bringing along the audience into a sense of emotions with a true story regarding a worker who is an illegal immigrant. This allowed the audience to feel connected to the illegal worker. Nadadur introduces the undocumented worker by providing a background of the worker’s past hometown. Nadadur believes that the reader is more likely to be persuaded by the argument in the article when their emotions are intensified. The authors take advantage of pathos to illustrate the issue of illegal immigrants as a positive factor to the U.S. economy. The anecdote of the Illegal immigrant worker allows a likeness between the audience and the

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