He proceeds with a deductive Logos argument for most of the essay from thispoint on. He addresses his opposition by saying this opinion is somewhat true, however diffusesoverpopulation point of view by addressing the fact that this has been true since Columbus sailedthe seas. The only people who didn’t immigrate to America were the real Native Americans or inother words the cultures that were present when Europeans first traveled over. He argues that ina sense we are all immigrants, even the Know-Nothings. He also states that the immigrantpopulation percentage in America is not growing. He uses good statistics to support his point ofview. His claim that only “8 percent”(126) of the U.S. population is from immigrants is good buthe doesn’t cite an authority on it. David does, however, have good credentials (those can be seenon page 125) and this ads some validity to his statement, but it would be more convincing still tohave a source. David does make a good argument in this part of his essay and it looks as thoughhe has discredited the belief that the amount of immigrants in the country are not a problem. After all, how much damage could eight percent do.Once David has argued that the actual immigration of the foreigners into the country is nota problem, he moves on to the concern that immigrants are a problem within the country. Hestarts by addressing the popular belief that immigrants are taking the countries jobs from it’scitizens. He begins with saying that “There is virtually no evidence to support this view...”(126). This is a good way to start. He has looked at the opposing view and basically has told us that it isjust a paranoia and has no actual basis. Not only does he convince us that the opposition iswrong, he also uses great statistics. David also now cites some very creditable sources like theGovernor of New York and A.C.L.U.. This adds a great deal of validity to his ...
