A Wall of Difference

Ever since the foundation of the United States of America, the United States has been a a place for immigrants to come to start a new life. America is still made up of immigrants, but there are also immigrants that come into the country illegally.Dee and Byron Williams both wrote blogs regarding the immigration issue. "Dee," a Mexican-American woman, wrote a blog about the Pro Profile and the ANTI Profile of immigration issues. She argues that the Pro profile consists mainly of Hispanic Americans and that 12M(12 million immigrants) are beneficial to society. Dee also argues that the ANTI Profile is a group that are mainly of white or Northern European ethnicity. The ANTIs are described as angry radicals that want to build a 2000 mile wall keeping immigrants from the south out of America. Byron Williams, a Californian pastor, poses the point that issues and problems with immigration is not just a factor of the immigrants. Small businesses that are looking for cheap labor are hiring illegal immigrants and they are partially to blame for the illegal immigration. Williams also explains how each individual must come to their own decision on what they feel about immigration. Williams ends with the idea of an authentic policy and in order to have an authentic policy about immigration we must first have an authentic policy debate which does not include unnecessary ingredients and that ultimately lead to dehumanization.

Dee and Williams are appealing to different audiences and used different ways of developing their points. Dee was very opinionated in her blog and it shows in her writing that she is biased toward pro immigration and earned amnesty. Dee is the descendant of immigrants and directs her blog toward people who support earned amnesty. Dee speaks highly of the Pros is very condescending toward the ANTIs. The ANTI profile that Dee explains is a bunch of white radicals who want to build a huge wall to keep all immigrants out. She fails to mention other reasons and groups that may be against immigration.

Williams, on the other hand, uses a different approach when speaking about the immigration issue. Williams understands that immigration is a large issue and uses a more subtle tactic to get his point across. Instead of targeting a specific group, he targets everyone as a whole and presents a non-biased reasoning to why we need a policy debate. Also, Williams does not use any negativity toward a certain group as Dee does. Williams thoroughly explains reasons and constructed a blog that naturally leads up to his conclusion that in order for anything to be solved regarding the immigration we must first have a policy debate that does not dehumanized anyone.

Dee and Williams develop two completely different blogs with different opinions. Dee uses a more upfront approach to her blog to state her view of the immigration issues. Williams uses a more moderate approach of expressing his opinion without offending a specific group. When opinions are expressed, many different tactics can be used. Dee and Williams show two of the numerous different ways that someone can express their view.

Jordan Engel