Reforming Immigration For Good Summary

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I am writing in response to your request that I analyze Mae Ngai’s “Reforming Immigration for Good,” and offer my recommendation for or against publication. After reading Ngai’s document, in my opinion, I believe that UTA students will find the article interesting. Ngai’s Piece is very interesting because it addresses a reoccurring problem and can easily be made into a controversial debate. I recommend that UTA students should read the article because it has a different approach than what most people view on Immigration laws; however, I believe that UTA students will disagree with Ngai’s viewpoint of improving the immigration laws which will allow for more immigrants to apply for citizenship. I also recommend that students read it because …show more content…

She defines the law by stating the percentage of the total amount of people can be allocated green cards for permanent residency. Ngai informs Shorthorn readers why Western Europeans countries can migrate to America easier than the densely populated countries such as China, India, Mexico and the Philippines. She uses the saying “go to the back of the line” which is a true and cruel joke for the immigrants who hope to get visas but are not deemed as prospective immigrants. She then creates a practice of what the law is which helps Shorthorn readers to easily understand what she is explaining. This is her best supporting evidence because it defines what the root of the problem is. Ngai supports her main claim very well with this “all-for-one-rule” and provides convincing evidence for Shorthorn …show more content…

Ngai even focuses on the humanity of legalization of the undocumented in her main claim. In her seventh paragraph she approves of the current laws slightly because of the vast improvement over the blatantly discriminatory national-origins quota. When Ngai offered her solution she made sure to incorporate the interests of immigrants in hopes that it will support family unification and existing ties in immigrant countries in the United States. When Ngai concludes her article she hopes for principle that are both “flexible and

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