Rogerian Argument Essay
Jonathan Mejia
Dr. Luttrell
Comp. II
4/10/16
Proposal for a Rogerian Argument
For this proposal I will look at three arguments from the opposing side and analyze to see where are paths cross. The three arguments come from Jeff flake, John Kasich, and Ron DeSantis. They all have valid opposing arguments on my subject immigration. I am on the side of getting immigration reform. I believe we should allow fair and fairly simple access to our country because most people are just seeking better lives. I will also analyze my own arguments to see where I might confuse people, fail to make the point, or trigger the backfire effect. The backfire effect is when someone’s beliefs actually get stronger from your argument.
The first argument against immigration …show more content…
Bush and aimed at curbing human trafficking requires that minors from Central America who reach the border must have their cases heard in court before they can be deported. Currently, children wait an average of 578 days before a hearing. Obama had requested a 3.7-billion-dollar supplemental spending bill for the border that would help the courts handle the situation better. Jeff flake had this to say about that, "When these kids are handed off from the Border Patrol, the government’s role is to actually place those children in the care of a guardian or a family member and then what the record shows is that they’re told to appear later in court, where their case will be adjudicated. But 90 percent of them, 90 percent, do not then show up in court later." He wanted to outline the risk of how the kids failing to show up boost the amount of undocumented immigrants. This is proved false in the Executive Office for Immigration Review. Between the years 2003 and 2012 only about 30 percent of all immigrants failed to show up at court. When Flakes office was contacted he said the senator’s source for the statistic was a comment by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte. At a media breakfast Goodlatte said “Right now the law does not allow minors to be held in a facility, so they are released to relatives or foster
Dr. Luttrell
Comp. II
4/10/16
Proposal for a Rogerian Argument
For this proposal I will look at three arguments from the opposing side and analyze to see where are paths cross. The three arguments come from Jeff flake, John Kasich, and Ron DeSantis. They all have valid opposing arguments on my subject immigration. I am on the side of getting immigration reform. I believe we should allow fair and fairly simple access to our country because most people are just seeking better lives. I will also analyze my own arguments to see where I might confuse people, fail to make the point, or trigger the backfire effect. The backfire effect is when someone’s beliefs actually get stronger from your argument.
The first argument against immigration …show more content…
Bush and aimed at curbing human trafficking requires that minors from Central America who reach the border must have their cases heard in court before they can be deported. Currently, children wait an average of 578 days before a hearing. Obama had requested a 3.7-billion-dollar supplemental spending bill for the border that would help the courts handle the situation better. Jeff flake had this to say about that, "When these kids are handed off from the Border Patrol, the government’s role is to actually place those children in the care of a guardian or a family member and then what the record shows is that they’re told to appear later in court, where their case will be adjudicated. But 90 percent of them, 90 percent, do not then show up in court later." He wanted to outline the risk of how the kids failing to show up boost the amount of undocumented immigrants. This is proved false in the Executive Office for Immigration Review. Between the years 2003 and 2012 only about 30 percent of all immigrants failed to show up at court. When Flakes office was contacted he said the senator’s source for the statistic was a comment by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte. At a media breakfast Goodlatte said “Right now the law does not allow minors to be held in a facility, so they are released to relatives or foster