Nazario conveys the message that the effects of parents leaving their children in search of a better life in the U.S has devastating effects on their children. Through the use of Pathos and Logos, Nazario helps readers understand the difficulties and deadly conditions migrants must endure on the journey to the United States. Nazario herself braved these life threatening situations in order to better understand and experience the trek “an estimated 700,000 immigrants” make each year in search of a better life (Nazario, xiii). She argues that “such a powerful stream will only change if it is addressed at its source, if the economies of these countries that are sending large numbers of people to the United States improves” (Nazario).
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