The author doesn't touch too much on why Holder is resigning,
however, he provided a brief history into who Perez is and why he would be a
good fit. Obama has made the decision to not move forward with his immigration
policy plans and has made the Latino community feel unimportant when they had
been a strong core of voters who had helped him be elected president. Perez is
from Dominican descent and grew up in the U.S. where he attended Brown
University and Harvard Law despite his father dying when he was 12. This is
something that the author may have thought other immigrants would relate to and
I believe that it helped his argument by making Perez more relatable. His legal
background alone should be a qualification to be considered for the next
attorney general and the author brought on more evidence to support this. His
experience working in the government would give him leverage because he is currently
the Secretary of Labor. The author made sure to bridge his personal, political
and legal backgrounds all together to form a solid foundation for replacing
Eric Holder. His argument is free of any holes and I completely agree after
reading this article. I would even go as far to say that it is not so much an ‘opinion’
piece and more of a ‘persuasion’. Unfortunately, the attorney general position
is appointed and approved by legislature. I am not a member of the Senate or
House of Representatives but if I could vote to have Thomas Perez be the next
attorney general, I definitely would.
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