Responding to the real crisis at the border

In the article Responding to the real crisis at our border, author Annie Hartnett claims that despite what Trump says is the "border emergency" the real crisis is how people fleeing southern nations are treated. Hartnett's argument is that instead of paying billions of dollars for a wall Trump could increase aid to southern countries in need like El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. This would increase their governments budget thereby helping them lower rime, poverty and war which would cause less people to flee and come to America. Hartnett also says that we should enhance security and deploy and army of immigrant judges (not troops).
I agree with Hartnett and believe that we should be solving problems with the border instead of just closing them off with a wall. If America out forth the effort, we could help decrease the issues in South America and help millions of people instead of just throwing them in ICE detention center for trying to find a better life for themselves and their families.

Hartnett's intended audience is people who are unaware of the struggles people who live on the border face.She is trying to inform people that what Trump believes is the emergency pales in comparison to what is really going on at the Mexico border. 

Harnett is a reliable authoer becuase not only does she often spend time at the border and sees what the border is really like, she "is a volunteer with the Sierra Club Borderlands Team. In 2017 on behalf of the Sierra Club, she lobbied in Washington for border security solutions and comprehensive immigration reform."

Texas Education, Extend or Fix?

According to an article from the Austin American Statesmen, called Commentary: More school days? Not unless we address these areas first, Texas lawmakers are considering extending the school year by 30 days. The author David DeMatthews there are a handful of goof reasons that the lawmakers are considering this including, allowing low-income student to stay on track with their fellow high-income students, reducing the loss of information over the summer, and increase "school-contentedness" which lowers the chance of students becoming delinquents. But DeMatthews points out that these problems they are proposing be fixed are somewhat low-grade compared to the long-term problems we have like a lack of mental health professionals at schools, low  funding for the special needs programs and teacher's low salary.

I trust DeMatthew because he is director of the Texas Principal Leadership Academy and an associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas so he clearly has intimate knowledge of the Texas school system. His intended audience is people voting on, or people who have a voice in the new legislation and he is providing an educated opinion on the matter at hand. 

I agree with DeMatthew because these long term problems, from the perspective of a former student, have been left behind, neglected, or halfheartedly solved. Although I agree with all of his statements, I think that the mental health and special needs funding are the most important and most immediate needs that should be addressed.