Badly Needed Discussion By Andrew Mccarthy: A Rhetorical Analysis

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Islam immigration can be seen as an issue as some Muslim beliefs can contradict the United States constitution. Islam is seen as a religion as well as an ideology, if seen as a religion then banning Islam immigration could be against the constitution, however, if seen as an ideology then banning immigration could be allowed by the constitution. Is Islam an ideology?

In "Trump's Muslim Immigration Ban Should Touch Off a Badly Needed Discussion" published in The National Review, Andrew McCarthy's thesis is that the immigration policy in America won't be reasonable if the United States doesn’t address that the sharia law differs from the constitution. McCarthy supports his argument with three points. First, McCarthy argues that

Islam is not simply just a religion, but a form of government as well. He indicates that Islam does not accept separation between church and state, while America requires it. Second, McCarthy conveys that the United States is not obligated to accept immigrants, meaning it is constitutional to stop immigration. McCarthy's final point is that Islam is complex; there is no true Islam, so there is no purpose on attempting to define the true Islam. McCarthy concludes that if the United States is going to accomplish accepting immigration of Muslims who will benefit the society, while excluding Muslims who want to destroy the country, the government needs to be aware of the differences between the constitution and the sharia. Although Andrew McCarthy's rhetorical choices effectively reached his targeted audience, I think McCarthy minimizes the obligation the United States has to accept immigration and makes faulty assumptions.
McCarthy was quite efficient with his rhetorical choices.

His target audience was educated adults that have a job related to politics, he reached this by, his word choice, his style of writing, and where it was published. Rhetorically choosing difficult words—tenet, fidelity, and assimilation—reaches the targeted audience. The style of writing is at a higher educational level as he is wallowing in complexity; when involved in politics, politicians have to see every side of an issue which is what McCarthy decided to do. McCarthy published this article in The National Review: Which is a political magazine that outlines different political issues. McCarthy did an exceptional job at reaching his target audience with his rhetorical choices. Although effectively reaching his audience, McCarthy diminishes the obligation of the United States to allow

immigration.
Although McCarthy is correct that the constitution does not state that America has to accept immigrants, America has more reasons then just the constitution to feel obligated to accept immigration. He declares that "the United States has no obligation to accept immigrants", he backs this statement up by saying there is nothing in the constitution that states the United States has to accept immigration. America was started due to immigration, after being discovered, people from all over the world immigrated to have more freedom. People still continue to immigrate, giving the United States an obligation to allow immigration. Turning their back on immigration would be America turning their back on how the country was built. As well as misunderstanding America's obligation to accept immigration, McCarthy makes some flawed assumptions.
In this article McCarthy makes a few faulty assumptions.

First, he assumes that it is obvious to people that Muslim immigration to the West is challenging, this might not be obvious to all people; assuming this can offend readers who weren't aware. He also assumes that Muslim immigrants grew up in theocratic societies, while there are some Muslim countries that are not theocratic. Assuming this displays false information and gives people the wrong idea about some Muslim countries. Also Muslim's who grew up in non-theocratic societies could be offended by this assumption. Last, he assumes that Muslim's do not care what non-Muslims think or say about them, this is also can be false information as some Muslim's might take into account what others think or say about

them.
McCarthy uses adequate rhetorical choices and effectively reached the educated political adults well. Though he does diminish the United States obligation to allow immigration and he makes flawed assumptions in his article. He reaches his audience well but some of the things he says aren't quite valid. McCarthy reaches his audience well, but, misunderstanding America's obligation to immigrate and making faulty assumptions may cause the e the article to be ineffective.