A commentary article titled Commentary: Texas has a labor shortage. Who will rebuild our state? was posted to the Austin American Statesman on October 4, 2017.
In this article, the author's argument is that the shortage of Labor caused by Hurricane Harvey is calling for more and more undocumented immigrant workers to step up and help with construction, electric, bricklaying and other types of construction, along with healthcare, social services, and education jobs. The author suggests that by allowing them to keep their jobs and not supporting the idea of deporting them will only make our communities stronger and more understanding about the situation. The intended audience is anyone who disagrees with giving work to the undocumented immigrants in the United States or who is questioning how we are going to put out state back together after it has just suffered devastating losses. The evidence the author uses to support this argument is by giving statistics for how much percentage of the population immigrants taking up, and what kind of jobs they have that contribute to our workforce. The authors credibility, is questionable in this article. He does not state where he gets his statistics from or how he knows this information. The author also does not have any links to sources from where he might have gotten his information. I completely agree with the author that the labor storage can be filled by the undocumented immigrant workers, and that by uniting as one community and supporting them in doing so, we can minimize the idea of deporting them and become more understanding to their lifestyles and hopefully make some changes in the way the world is viewing undocumented immigrants in this day and age.
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