Comparing and Contrasting Writings

These two writings argue over the restriction of immigrants allowed into the United States. Both make good points, but the first essay, Close the Borders to All Newcomers, makes many better points. They both give many their opinions on what they think should be done with immigration, but Give us Your Best, Your Brightest makes many points that don't apply to what the author is actually talking about. Only the first essay gives solutions to what should be done. The author thinks that a law should be made to completely halt all legal immigration. The other author thinks nothing needs to be done. That the laws should stay just the way they are. The first author uses pathos and ethos as his persuading strategies to get the audience on his side, while the second uses only ethos to get his point across. Maybe that is the reason why most people would side with the first writing instead of the second. Both use studies to try to prove their point, but the first goes more in depth in the study while the second uses multiple ones but doesn't say much about them. It has a less personal feel with the audience than the first because of that and many other reasons. The two author's pieces have some points in common, but their opinions could not be more different.