Illegal Immigration

Franks, Trent. "Enforce Immigration Laws." The Opinion Pages. The New York Times Company, 6 Sept. 2011. Web. 13 Sept. 2011.


Trent Franks, a republican member in the House of Representatives from Arizona, states his opinions about enforcing laws about illegal aliens, or also known as illegal immigrants. He goes on explaining the United States was founded on law and justice, and it was simply the founder's dream to have a janitor and senator completely equal in both benefit and constraint. Franks also believes it is merely the government's job to protect and serve America by enforcing illegal immigration laws. Trent Franks intention is to persuade government officials to take action against the rising illegal immigration numbers. He is primarily trying to persuade the government and possibly eligible voters to do something about this particular problem in our country today. As Franks states, "The Obama administration has arrogantly refused to enforce existing immigration laws, and states have been left with no option but to enforce the laws and protect their citizens themselves." This statement ensures the article of being extremely bias because Trent Franks does not believe Obama has done anything about the illegal immigration problem, even though he doesn't take Obama's point of view into perspective. This article was extremely bias, but it was to be expected considering Trent Franks is a republican and President Obama is a democrat. I think this would be a great topic to write about for myself because illegal aliens are a rising problem in the United State of America. I also think it would be a great topic for others, however, I wouldn't use this article as a source because of the extremely bias comments Franks makes.