Education Essay: Are Undocumented Immigrants Entitled to Public Education

Assignment Model
Week X: Are Undocumented Immigrants Entitled to Public Education
Assignment: Identifying Fallacious Arguments and Rhetorical Ploys
Educational Issue: Are Undocumented Immigrants Entitled to Public Education
Educational Expert Position
Yes: William J Brenna Jr.
No: Warren Burger
Summary of Author’s Position:
William J Brenna Jr. argues that court’s legislature permitting local public schools of Texas, America, to deny registration to children who are the offspring of undocumented citizens in the country is against the fourteenth amendment which is to provide equal protection to all who were born and grown up in the country (Marion, 1997). The children, although undocumented immigrants, are a part of the American future and need quality education to develop lifestyle, native language speaking and educational skills to become valuable citizens for the progress of the country.
Rhetorical Fallacies and Ploys Used by the Author:
Quotations and Rhetorical Ploys
Part 1: Quotations
“Sheer incapability or lax enforcement of the laws barring entry into this country, coupled with the failure to establish an effective bar to the employment of undocumented aliens, has resulted in the creation of a substantial “shadow population” of illegal immigrants – numbering in the millions – within our borders (Noll, 1993, p. 176).”
“It is the State’s principal argument, and the view of dissenting Justices, that the undocumented status of these children vel non establishes a sufficient rational basis for denying them benefits that a state might choose to afford the residents (Noll, 1993, p. 178).”
“Denial to education to some isolated children poses an affront to one of the goals of Equal Protection Clause.”
Part 2: Rhetorical Ploy
William J Brenna does not use many loaded words to convey his ideas. However, there are occasions when it takes support from emotionally rich words to add value to his point for the reader. Such as ‘barring’ carries his appeal to pity for the children the government deprived of educati...