A Writer's Analysis

If not for immigration, I would definitely not be here today. Immigration allowed both my father’s family and mother’s family to move to Vancouver, Canada. My parents met in high school and the rest is history. Immigration has provided countless families with the opportunity to escape persecution, political strife and poverty, and start anew in a foreign land. North America was founded and established by immigrants, people from the East and the West. Today, we have a melting pot society consisting of people from all parts of the world.
The essay, Five Myths about Immigration by David Cole, effectively contradicts the assumptions of immigration. Cole argues each point tactfully contributing his own opinions in each myth. He begins the essay by presenting some historical background on the making of this nation. He tells about the “Know-Nothings” and their political movement to oust “the greatest influx of immigrants from Ireland, where the potato famine had struck, and ...