Immigration

For my final topic, I have decided to embark on the issue of immigration. This issue has plagued America for many years, and there still doesn't seem to be a good solution. I want to explore certain aspects that people don't always think about-- for example I want to visit the topic of Enrique's Journey, and elaborate on how often times as Americans, we see these illegal immigrants as faceless people who are invading our country and offsetting the economic balance, but we have to also remember that these people are human beings. I also want to revisit an old program (The Bracero Program) which ended in 1964, which enabled Mexican workers to LEGALLY work farms in America seasonally, and would return to their families when the harvesting season was over.

Logical Fallacy: Slippery Slope

This 2010 ad talks about Mick Mulvaney, a candidate (for State Senator in South Carolina) who thinks Social Security payments to the elderly are unconstitutional. The ad suggests that if Mick Mulvaney had his way, elderly people will be thrown in jail. The reasoning is that they will go broke without Social Security, so they will not be able to pay their bills, so they will get thrown in jail. (Perhaps because they will have no money and will start stealing?) This definitely seems like a slippery slope. Even if people stopped getting Social Security, they wouldn't necessarily all wind up in jail.