RA 4: Editorial

Legal Immigration? Anybody?
Published: October 3, 2008
One of the false pieties uttered by anti-immigration politicians is that they love immigrants. If that were true, Congress would pass a bill to expedite visas.

The New York Times is an authority figure in the news media world. It has a slightly biased liberal agenda like most media outlets, but it deals with serious news and many read its pages daily. This immigration article appeals to any person who still believes in the free world ideals and wants any person to be able to experience it here on American soil. With a deliberate attack on conservative politicians, this article's audience appeals more towards the liberal democrats or any moderate who is fed up with the legal system as is. Minorities, who have already been through the process of legalization, or who can relate to their plight, as well as women who will vote or who can blog are especially the subcategory of that audience. They are those who generally read the opinion section of the Times. The article was accurate and authoritative. It quoted US senators and documents reviewed to institute policy. There was an appeal to emotion especially for the women and minorities reading the article with allusions to the memory of Ellis Island and the support of families. It contained relevant information to prove that not all politicians who say they have the best interests at heart for immigrants will actually do EVERYTHING they can for these people. The argument is that although both side of the legislation say they want to quickly resolve the immigration issue because there is a human component and families in the middle of the illegalities, not all the visas are being issued every year. And they are not rollover visas so if they are not used they are destroyed. What are the consequences of not issuing available visas on the families of America? Not issuing visas will tear apart the families of America because not issuing Visas will separate families. Whatever separates families will also tear apart America. The unissued visas for people who are all but American will cause these individuals to do illegal things to continue working and providing for their families. The issue is not give a visa to everyone who wants one because that would give legality to terrorists and criminals and leeches, but some politicians want to use the visas that are available every year to keep college students and professionals and members of families who have American relatives already in America.