As a result, immigration policy has lost its independent polity agenda. [Therefore,] virtually no new immigration policies have been created separated from terrorism policies since 2001.” Particularly, illegal immigration has overlapped with growing concerns about national security. The first official immigration initiative by the US government since 9/11 was the enactment of the Real ID Act in 2005. This new legislation required that drivers’ licenses issued by states had to conform to national standards, thereby making it difficult for illegal immigrant s from obtaining the licenses without having to prove their legal status and residency in the US. This legislation, however, proved to have many loopholes around it for illegal immigrants to obtain drivers’ licenses regardless of their illegal status because the states were not obliged to conform to the standards.
First, the border patrol definitely denies entry of known terrorists into the United States. Second, anyone with any sort of ties to terrorism will be denied entry into the United States. The process of getting visas has also become more difficult in that immigration officials perform a more thorough investigation of one’s personal information. For example, anyone with a student visa must have their school enrollment and regular class attendance verified. This is done to prevent a terrorist from using a student status as a cover-up to allow admittance to this country with the intention to commit acts of terrorism.
It’s been almost 7 years since US forces with troops attacked Iraq. Although the US military’s occupation in Iraq was successful within 2 months, it has drawn much attention from political viewers who wonder about the legality and the motives of the war for almost 7 years and questionings of the international community about war in Iraq are still going on. I think that it is largely because the governments of the United States couldn’t prove Iraq’s alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) even if they had evidence that Saddam Hussein was working on any WMD and the attack on Iraq is illegal in the eyes of the world and the United Nations. Moreover, American military forces’ attack of Iraq increased the likelihood of another terrorist
1) Debs insist, “If the Espionage law finally stands, then the constitution of the United States is dead. If that law is not the negation of every fundamental principle established by the constitution, then certainly I am unable to read or to understand the English language” (VOF, 120). When another law usually conflicts with the Constitution that law is void. But in this case when the Espionage Act was in conflict it was not void. So Debs is saying that now basically the constitution is dead because the Espionage Act is being enforced over the Constitution.
Although Congress passed for bills known as the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798 intending to help protect the government of the united states from potential threats, they did not truly protect Americans from their foreign enemies. There were many controversies that developed around and because of these acts. The Alien Acts had three parts. The first part stated that you had to live on U.S. soil for at least fourteen years in oder to become a citizen. This made it harder for foreighners to become citizens.The second part stated that the President had power to deport all aliens that he thought dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States.
Because of the fear of privacy invasion, the different federal agency databases were held on individual agency specific computer systems and were not accessible to anyone, but the owner. Having such a compartmentalized system did not give law enforcement nor intelligence the ability to assist each other in putting together potentially complex terror plots, and often the more sophisticated the terror plot, the more potential for mass killing (White, 2006). Communication is key in all parts of life, and especially important when dealing with such dire consequences. The USA PATRIOT Act, in Title VII, granted the expansion of information sharing systems in order to better facilitate communication between all agencies involved in counterterrorism. This called for the implementation of the Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) as a central database for all law enforcement to use (USA PATRIOT Act, 2001).
If our borders are more secure that will help to keep terrorists from trying to cross illegally into the United States. It would also keep drugs from hitting the streets and keep illegal immigrants from coming into our country. The goal that hits close to home for me is the fifth one. As Americans we all need to be prepared for a disaster. I know that there are lots of us that are not prepared for any kind of disaster.
However it would have had a tremendous and awful impact on the United States society as it did represent the war as evil and criminal. The US Army always denied that the bombs they let off never hit civilian casualties; they stated that there was not many of them. The journalist's reports broadened, which was still furthering the credibility gap'. This is the state or condition of being dissimilar or unlike between the American military and government and what the American people had confidence in. The broader the gap is, not as much the people will believe.
Delusions are an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality (Nevid, 2011). Throughout the film, Nash’s character is under the impression that he is working for the US government to stop the Russians from bombing random parts of the country. Only these aren’t random parts of the country – there is a code that is put in magazines and newspaper ads that Nash must decipher in order to save peoples’ lives. Nash believes this delusion for several years and keeps it a secret because his “employer” says that everything is confidential. Even when Nash is taken in by Dr. Rosen, a psychiatrist, Nash believes that he has been captured by Russian spies and is not being killed because he
Richard Nixon Vietnamize the war (train the South Vietnamese to fight their own and the U.S. support them with bombing raids), mine North harbor, bombing and invasion of Cambodia and Laos ( Kent University demonstration Release of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg revealed the war unwinnable, but presidents ignored the conclusion of CIA Nixon tried to stop its release( New York Times Co. v. United States S C: A free press was more important than keeping secrets of the government End draft (voluntary army), 26th Amendment reduced the voting age to 18 Congress passed the War Powers Act which prevented the president from sending troops to a foreign country for more than 60 days without a vote by Congress. “Ping Pong Diplomacy” with China Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty (limit defensive missiles) & Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) (limit offensive missiles) ( Détente with USSR All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward Jimmy Carter: Return of the Panama Canal to Panama, Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, failure in the Iran Hostage