Obama Immigration Speech Analysis

President Obama took the stage in front of the National Archives in Washington, D.C a couple of months ago on December 15, 2015. In front of men and women from 25 different countries that had just become new citizens of America, President Obama deliver a passionate speech on how immigrants and refugees are at the heart of revitalize and renew America. With so much attention on the concept of immigration in this election year, the speech spoke to more than the attenders of this event. It was speaking to the larger issue of immigration that is hotly being debated by Republicans and Democrats. President Obama lent his oratorical skills and put them to use in portraying that the concept of pro-immigration is as foundational as Americanism. That
He uses concrete and tangible language. He has this ability to use his words to transport the listener to another place almost like he is painting a portrait that you can see in your mind. Like when he described the discrimination and serotyping of the past in our handling of immigration is what happened to our family members just a few generation before us. He effectively connects the past to the present for people and calls for us to not making the same mistake. His use of history to set the credibility of the call to not discriminate was a very effect ethics rhetoric technique. He used this line of argument to refute opposing arguments of why we shouldn’t let more immigrates into
He slows it down, lowers his volume, and pauses for impact. At other times he speeds up his pace and raises the volume of his voice to underscore a key sentence. His movement is very controlled. He smiles and has small but very controlled movement of his hands and facial jesters. When you are listen to Obama’s speech you get the feeling like you are sharing with an old wise friend. He has a way about him to disarm and relax the listener. He pulls from materials know too many as foundational to humanity, like the Bible or the Constitution. When all is said and done I find myself wanting to support his ideas on immigration despite the fact that he never gave any concert plans to attend to the problems we are facing in America over the concept of immigration. He only made me feel that if I didn’t support immigration that this was a sign that I was not acting American and that it was wrong. President Obama use of rhetoric techniques could almost convince me to be pro-immigration but the lack of detail and evidence to support a plan to receive people lead me to pull back and say I think there is more then what has just been said on the