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Analysis Of A National Experiment In Refugee Resettlement By Geraldo Cadava

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The article “A National Experiment in Refugee Resettlement” by Geraldo Cadava, published on February 17, 2022, is a persuasive and informative article that presents the importance of refugee resettlement in the United States. This article is from The New Yorker magazine, which publishes daily, and this company provides numerous interesting articles that contain a wide variety of articles like science, education, humor, news, and politics. However, the article could be limited to a certain group since the articles are advanced and technical, which intends to target the well-educated like students, professionals, and artists. The author presents the ideas of the newly developed national resettlement program declared by the state government: …show more content…

He noted that refugee resettlement became crucial after World War II when hundreds of thousands of civilians fled their countries in Europe. Also, thousands of Cuban children were sent to the US after the Cuban Revolution. America was part of resettling these refugees during these times. America has launched numerous refugee programs since World War II like the Displaced Persons Act in 1948, the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975, and the Refugee Act of 1980. These historical significances give the reader confidence in America that America did not overlook the issue and did not just watch people losing their lives due to the displacement of their homes. The author used historical context to provide the severity and legitimacy of this resettlement program and also to accentuate the readers about this …show more content…

First, the author is a professor of history and Latino studies at Northwestern University, which establishes his reliability to present his argument. Also in the article, he introduced many reliable sources about this program. For example, the author presents Secretary of State Anthony Blinken who said, “I’m confident that if you join the Welcome Corps, you won’t just change the lives of the refugees you help, you’ll change your own lives as well.” According to the author, this is a clever way to get Americans' interest and attention about the benefits of supporting the refugees. He also states that the government has faced many political pressures from resettling refugees. President Biden decided to raise the number of refugees entering the US from eighteen thousand, which is a low ceiling imposed by President Trump in 2020. However, this is difficult due to the intransigent Republican caucus. This implied that the government cannot handle the refugee resettlement alone. The citizens are a principal part to achieve the goals of resettling refugees. The author uses his and others’ credibility to support his argument about the importance of refugees and build the readers' trust and

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