I read a well done commentary blog on the Crooks and Liars website about the issue of immigration. The author Gordonskene, makes excellent points about how the United States government has tried to hide the issue of immigration. One thing that the author says that I totally agree with is when he mentions how long immigration problems have been happening in this country. He says, “Ever since we actually became a country, we’ve been tackling the issue of what to do about the unannounced, the undocumented, the illegal.” I like this line because it is true that the United States has had immigration problems since it became a country and that it has not done much to solve the immigration issue. They are just potting the immigration issue aside like is not an important issue for the country, but in reality, immigration issues are hurting the country. Immigrants are suffering from the lack of rights in this country. There is a statement that Gordeonskene makes that has caught my attention and make me read this article. This is when he says, “[immigration] it’s not a recent problem. It’s has been with us longer than the issue of universal health care.” I agree with this statement. I know that health care reform has been a big issue in the past years for the United States. I also know that there are many people who are not insured in this country, but I also know that there are so many people who have come to this country for a better future for themselves and for their loved ones, and that these people are suffering every day , every minute of their lives because they are afraid that one day they will be sent back to their native countries.
Gordeonskene, the author of this commentary blog, makes really good arguments in favor of solving the immigration problem. The author’s target audience is people who are opposed to immigration. He makes readers become interested by giving some background on immigration. Gordeonskene’s credibility is really excellent because he has a picture of immigrants suffering as they try cross the Rio Grande river. This picture makes a strong statement even before the reader has begun reading the commentary blog.
