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ValeriaCruzMartinez
ConnieS.Douglas
English11201
2June2016
TheDREAMActPassorNot?
IntheearlyyearsofthetwentyfirstcenturytheDREAMAct(Development,Relief
andEducationforAlienMinors)wasintroduced.Itwould
offeryoungundocumented
immigrantsapathwaytowards
citizenship
iftheyhavelivedinthecountryforfiveyearsand
eithercompletedtwoyearsof
highereducation
ormilitaryservice.Thesituationistherehas
beenmanyargumentsaboutthisbillsayingitshouldbepassedorshouldnotpassatall.There
aretwoarticlesthatargueaboutthistopic,MarshallFitztheauthorofLawmakersShouldPass
theDREAMAct,writtenin2013stronglybelievesthebillshouldpass,whileMichelleMalkin
authorof"LawmakersShouldRejecttheDREAMAct,writtenin2013stronglybelievesthat
thebillshouldnotpassandsaysitsawasteoftime.
InMarshallFitzsarticlehetalksabouthowyoungimmigrantsshouldnothavetosuffer
notbeingabletoattendcollegeorserveinthemilitary.Hestronglyarguesthatcongressneedsto
hurrytopassthisbill.InthearticleFitzwritesaboutthemanyadvantageswecanallgetby
passingthisbillandnotthinkingtwiceaboutit,itisclearwhatFitzistryingtosaytothereaders.
Notonlyishetalkingabouthisownopinionsaboutthebillbutuseslotsoffactsandstatistics
thatstatesthemanybenefitswecangetfromthebill,forexamplestatedinhisarticlethatthe
nonpartisanCongressionalBudgetOfficeconcludedthattheDREAMActwouldreducethe
deficitby$2.2billionoverthenext10years.HeexplainshowtheDREAMActwillbe

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affordablewhichcatchesmanyreadersattentionbecausemanypeopledonotwanttopassabill
thatwouldcostlotsoftaxmoney,likehetalkedaboutinthearticlehestatedthatdeportingthe
700,000eligiblekidswouldcosttaxpayers$16.2billionoverfiveyears.Heusesthewordkids
insteadofyoungillegalimmigrantswhichgetstheattentionofmostparentsandsympathises
withtheyoungimmigrantsbecauseatthemomentofreadingthearticlemanywouldthinkof
theirownchildrenandimaginewhatifitwastheirownkidshavingtogothroughallthe
hardshipsyoungimmigrantshavetogothrough,thishelpsFitzgetmoreaudience.
InMichelleMalkinsarticleshetalksabouthowtheDREAMActshouldnotbepassed.
Malkintalksabouthowpassingthebillwouldonlymakethingsworse.Shestatesthatby
allowingthebilltopassitwouldhelpmoreyoungimmigrantsgotocollegeandhelpdemocrats,
shesaidThisisnotaboutprotecting"children."It'saboutpreservingelectoralpowerthrough
capandgown
amnesty
.InthearticleMalkinbelievesitisunfairpeoplewhohavebrokenthe
lawgetbenefitswithouthavingtodomuchwhileactualcitizensoftheU.Shavetoworkextra
hardtogetwhattheyneed.Malkingiveslotsofstrongandgoodreasonsandanyonewould
agreewithherargument,butdoesnthavemanystatisticsandfactsinherarticle,shegivesthe
constowhyitsbadtopassthebill.MalkinbelievesitwouldcausepeopleoutsideoftheU.Sto
getthewrongideaandwouldbringmoreimmigrantsover,whichisareasonablepoint.
AfterreadingbotharticlesitisclearthatFritzhasastrongerargumentabouttheissue
withthepassingoftheDREAMAct.Hestateslotsofgoodandinterestingfactsandwouldmost
likelygetlotsofpeopletoagreewithhimespeciallytheaudiencewhohavechildrenoftheir
own.Fitzwasclearandgottothepointonwhatsgottobedone.WhileMalkinhassomegood
pointsabouttheissue,butshefocusestoomuchwiththenegativewhichisgoodtogetpeople's

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attentionbutgetsabittoomuchattheend.BothFitzandMalkinkeeptheirarticlesseriousand
short,butMarshallFritzhasabitmoreofeverythingandhasastrongerviewontheissuewith
thepassingoftheDREAMAct.

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WorksCited
"DREAMAct."OpposingViewpointsOnlineCollection.Detroit:Gale,2016.Opposing

ViewpointsinContext.Web.31May2016
Fitz,Marshall."LawmakersShouldPasstheDREAMAct."
TheChildrenofUndocumented

Immigrants
.Ed.DavidHaugenandSusanMusser.Detroit:GreenhavenPress,2013.At
Issue.Rpt.from"Mythvs.Fact:TheDREAMAct."2010.
OpposingViewpointsin
Context
.Web.26May2016
Malkin,Michelle."LawmakersShouldRejecttheDREAMAct."
TheChildrenUndocumented

Immigrants
.Ed.DavidHaugenandSusanMusser.Detroit:GreenhavenPress,2013.At
Issue.Rpt.from"HarryReid'sIllegalAlienStudentBailout."
MichelleMalkin.com
.2010.

OpposingViewpointsinContext
.Web.26May2016.