Imagine having an opportunity to further your education and build a better future for your family and yourself. Then all of a sudden all of those things have a possibility to vanish out of nowhere and now there is only fear. That is the feeling that many young people are feeling right now across the country. Tim Marema and Bryce Oates write about how the end of DACA affects every single person in the United States. They apply pathos and logos to appeal to the reader by informing them about what the issue is and what will happen.
In the article, “Dreamer Says Coming Out Of The Shadows Has Been Worth It”, authors Tim Marema and Bryce Oates write about how President Donald Trump’s plan to discontinue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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They use the story of Abraham Diaz whom became a recipient of DACA in 2012. He was brought to the United States at the age of 8, since then he went to high school and graduated with high honors. Diaz expressed his hopelessness when he found out he couldn’t go to college because of his citizenship. “All those four years of high school, I had worked hard. I had studied. I thought I was going to get a chance.” Diaz’ story relates to a large portion of the people who live in the United States. There is 11 million immigrants living in the United States, out of those people 800,000 individuals receive the benefits of DACA. Marema and Oates use Diaz’ story to give the reader an insight of what Diaz’ experience is as a recipient of DACA. To other readers, they may relate to his story as well and feel a connection with …show more content…
It has given hope to these individuals who have been hiding in the shadows. President Donald Trump wants to end this immigration policy. This will affect many individuals who have built their future in this country. It will affect the people in my community and it will affect people in my family. I personally am not a recipient of DACA but I still feel the disappointment and the fear that these individuals are experiencing. I have an older cousin who was brought to the United States since he was 3 years old. He graduated 5 years ago and because he applied to DACA he is now in college pursuing a career as a welder. He is able to have a job and work he also got a car and he seems so happy. When my aunt told my mom about how scared they were about what might happen to his future. He doesn’t know any other country other than the United States. If he were to go back to Mexico he would have no place to stay and he would have to start all over again. Even though he lives far away from him I still feel scared for him because he is part of my family and he’s worked very