Immigrant Immigration Reform Summary

In his opinionated news article, “Ignorant Immigration Reform”, author David J. Bier asserts his opinion on a bill that will reduce the legal immigration by 50% in the United States. Bier supports his position by discussing how the bill won’t reduce immigration, stop the way immigrants are affecting the Americans wages and how they’re following Canada’s footsteps by concentrating on the skilled immigrants. Bier’s purpose is to notify the government of basic facts that they should know before making such claims, in order to bring into light what the real issue is. He writes in a very direct and sincere tone for the government and general public to inform them on false information that the government is claiming that the bill will do. Bier makes it very clear on where he stands on this issue by using credible facts, briefly explaining the opposing side's viewpoint, but he also shows that he’s very bias. First, Bier includes credible facts on why the bill wouldn’t help the government on bringing down the immigration rate. He states that in 1990 there were a quarter less americans and they claim that in the year 2017 a million immigrants came to the U.S, but it’s not nearly as close to the rate of immigrants in 1990. The

He briefly explains the government's reasoning behind the bill, but strongly shuts down everything they say. The government states “that the bill would “prioritize” skilled immigrants”. Bier instantly says “All the bill will do is cut the number of Visas for the family members of the United States citizens”. Also, the government states “that their bill would prioritize skilled immigrants, the way Canada does”. He then goes on about how Canada and Australia is actually accepting two to three times more legal immigrants than America. No matter what claim the government has, he immediately explains what’s wrong with it. This successfully gets his point