Affirmative action
Marielena Hincapie’s article “Let Us DREAM” from the Huffington Post, published December 10, 2010 explains the argument on the passing of the DREAM Act and how she and the DREAMers are hoping for a better future and that will happen if the DREAM Act is passed, Marielena is in favor of the DREAM Act. She is the executive director of the National Immigration Law Center she’s a public interest lawyer who protects the rights of immigrant workers as herself, she serves on the American Bar Associations Commission on Immigration and on the executive committee of the National Lawyers Guilds Labor and Employment Committee. Marielena Hincapie’s article was published in the Huffington Post an American news website, content aggregator and blog founded. This article is politics related also original content and local news. This website could be viewed by people who follow political blogs assumed to be biased democratic. This website is more in favor of the Democratic Party because they accused of negatively spinning articles of the Republican Party. Marielena is writing to people who have the same hopes as her and views because she uses “we” (4) so they know what the DREAM Act is and its benefits so their informed and knowledgeable about the subject. These people would be the Democratic Party because they would agree with her argument more than the Republicans. Based on what she says she knows that they agree with her because she says “It is my hope – and that of educators, faith leaders…” thousands of students who are holding their breath nationwide” (9) this shows agreement of her and people worldwide who she mentions. She addresses the audience throughout the article the “DREAMers” (4) and also she mentions the Members of Congress by saying “remember clearly which members of congress voted to fulfill our collective dreams of a better future” (10). She also states her audience because she uses the “We” in “We can do better. Pass the DREAM Act!”