The New York Times article “What is DACA? And How Did It End Up in the Supreme Court?” written by Caitlin Dickerson explains the DACA program and gives the readers an update of its stance in the Supreme Court. Dickerson is a “national immigration reporter based in New York State” whose work has received a Peabody Award and a Murrow Award. Since she is based in New York State, which has a high immigrant population, and primarily focuses on immigration and immigrants, it is clear that Dickerson is more than qualified to write this article, though she does lean in favour of the immigrants. In this article, Dickerson highlights the DACA Program, gives a brief overview of how it was created in 2012 by President Obama, and how it is now trying to be dismantled by President Trump. Seeing as the majority of this article was dedicated to explaining what DACA is, who it benefits and how it benefits its recipients shows how this article was aimed at people who are not yet familiar with this program. Dickerson carefully crafts her writing to make sure that she doesn’t use highly opinionated words or stark phrases that may offend people who may already have opinions on the DACA program. Instead, as a news article, she takes a more neutral stance, focusing solely on the facts of the situation by linking other articles and demographics to inform her audience. She chose to include demographics that had a favourable light towards immigrants and even made sure to mention how “Contrary to what President Trump has said, people with serious criminal histories (meaning a felony or serious misdemeanour conviction, or three convictions for any type of misdemeanour) are not eligible” for the program. Though Dickerson doesn’t use much pathos in her writing, the videos that she chose to include, especially “What ‘Dreamers’ Gained From DACA” By A.j. Chavar, which showcases the lives of DACA immigrants and their struggles, makes her sympathy clear. The point of all of these positive demographics and the sympathetical videos goes to show how Dickerson wants to imply that these immigrants are simply trying to better their lives in America.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-daca.html

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