Still On the Fence

I agree with points from both readings, so I’m still on the fence on this “issue” or “mélange of social, economic, cultural, and security concerns.” Although I agreed with parts of both articles, “The Framing of Immigration” was easier and more enjoyable to read. Despite the “Respect for the Law and Economic Fairness: Illegal Immigration Prevention” was relatively easily understood and definitely got the point across; the article was so long that by the end I couldn’t remember a lot of stuff from the beginning, even the title is long. The graphs and pictures gave the reader most of the important information in the article, but most of that was from polls which often has a bias, whether purposely or unintentionally there. “Respect for the Law and Economic Fairness: Illegal Immigration Prevention” only gives the reader how best to phrase the Republican view of immigration, which makes me wonder why someone feels the need to make their own viewpoint on the issue sound better. “The Framing of Immigration” has quite a few good points about how we are looking at only the “immigration problem” instead of the big picture and what the “immigration problem really means. I didn’t agree with all of George Lakoff and Sam Fergeruson’s views, but he had some good points (and he seems to be anti-Bush, so I liked that part of the article). “The Framing of Immigration” was written in a more interesting way than “Respect for the Law and Economic Fairness: Illegal Immigration Prevention;” the former was written in a smoothly flowing essay form, while the latter was written in a more clunky outline form.