Article Analysis: Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants Will Cost America

There has been a lot of talk about illegal immigrants in the United States. What are the solutions to illegal immigration? Amnesty is a solution that is frequently being said, but how does amnesty affect the U.S. economy? Two articles, “Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants will cost America” written by Jim Demint and Robert Rector (2013) published on the Washington Post and “The Economic Consequence of Amnesty for Unauthorized Immigrants” by Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny (2012) , look to answer this big question. Both articles use different types of rhetorical strategies and are meant for different types of audience.
While both articles claim that giving amnesty to illegal immigrants can be bad for the economy, the article published on the

There is no opinion in this article, it is only given the facts and the economic consequences of amnesty. Both articles are written for different purposes and for that reason they are meant for different types of audiences. The article “Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants will cost America” as stated before is an opinion based article. It is bias and only includes the bad consequences of amnesty. But who is the audience that the author’s are targeting? The answer is simple, the everyday american.
Already, illegal immigrants impose costs on police, hospitals, schools and other services. Putting them on a path to citizenship means that within a few years, they will qualify for the full panoply of government programs: more than 80 means-tested welfare programs, as well as Social Security, Medicare and Obamacare. The lifetime fiscal cost (benefits received minus taxes paid) for the average unlawful immigrant after amnesty would be around $590,000. Who is going to pay that tab? (Jim Demint & Robert Rector, 2013,

The article written by Jim Demint and Robert Rector(2013) uses pathos and logos to try to persuade the audience to oppose amnesty. They are more firm on their answer and they say that amnesty is not the solution as it will cost a lot of money to the United States. The scholarly article, written by Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny(2012), in the other hand uses facts and evidence to show the pros and cons of amnesty. Although they claim that amnesty hurts the economy more than it benefits from it, they still show evidence for both sides of the argument. The language used in the scholarly article is more directed to a specific type of audience, compared to the other article which uses language that is not directed to a specific type of audience but instead to everyone. Though they use different methods and language, they still got the point across to the audience, that amnesty has bad consequences for the