An individual right versus security for the public has been an argument that has been around since the beginning of the United States. Border security is at the tip of this argument. Many people believe that TSA and Border Patrol have gone too far with laws and regulations that they have set up and that they are stomping on both the rights of individuals as well as the rights for the United States economy to improve itself due to these laws and regulations that have been established over time. The opposition has these and other major aspects to argue into why tightened border security is necessary for the United States. Border Security has been an issue since both countries and cities have been established. Building a wall around a city was the first form of border security that was established, these walls were to keep the people inside of the city protected. It also formed a barrier to keep unwanted guests out of those cities and in addition created a barrier between the city and the rest of the land. Walls were built out of stone for the best protection and some spanned around a city or around a whole country. This was just the first and simplest type of border security, it was also the most cost effective type of border security and it got the job done. Increased border security has been a major priority for the United States due to the fear of terrorist attacks like the one that occurred on September 11th. New forms of technology are used by Customs and Border Protection to screen more passengers, vehicles, products, and people crossing into the United States. Increased border security has resulted from the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States by Al-Qaida. Nations have increased security because of the threat of terrorism. One way to protect from a terrorist attack is to prevent the terrorist or terrorist weapons from entering the country with increased border security. Opposition of increased border security believes that rights are being taken away with the new tightened border security. One major topic being the full body scans at airports, a lot of opposition to the full body scan believes that it reveals too much of a person and that the screener can see every part of the person being scanned. Another major opposition to increased border security is the additional requirement to travel to and from Canada requiring a Passport. In the past, travel between the United States and Canada was easy due to the fact that all a United States citizen had to provide was a birth certificate. Many industries were also opposed to the increased border security between Canada and the United States because it slowed down delivery time on shipments of parts. For some industries like the automotive industry, it is essential for deliveries to reach a destination on time. The auto industry use the method of on time deliveries which means they only order a specific number of parts at a specific time so that the manufacturing plants do not have to store the parts. Manufacturing can come to a halt if the parts do not reach the specific plant on time. This could back up the entire manufacturing process of building a car and cause a chain reaction that could hold production until the shipment arrives. Another point that the opposition makes is that the cost of the new security measures are too great and that they will be passed onto the consumer. Since time delays could be so costly, the companies would have to raise prices on their products. A big debate that has always come about is individual rights versus public safety, this is a debate that has gone on as long as the United States has been around and will continue to be a debate as long as our current democratic system remains the same. Many supporters of lower border security think that it should be the rights of the people to travel in and out of the country as they please and leaving it up to the individual. In the minds of the opposition, this is
January 23, 2012 Period 2 Kalayjian Historical Research Essay: Abraham Lincoln- Emancipation Proclamation As the glowing sun set over the bloody fields of Antietam, the Civil War became a different War. Five days after the battle at Antietam was won, armed with pen and paper, Abraham Lincoln changed the war when he issued, one of the most important and controversial documents in America history, the Emancipation Proclamation. Congress and the northern states were urging emancipation. Escaped…
Adrianna Pappas Notes John Dickinson chosen to draft the new proposal for a new government Wanted to unite everyone under a new government and to unite them under the republican form It was a great challenge creating a new government Fighting the revolutionary war gave the states a common goal but they remained reluctant to unite under a strong central government They believed a democracy was a bad idea so they favored a republic Democracy- government directly by the people, placed power on…
Temagen Mcgill 11/4/14 ENC COMP II Ortega, Bob. "Immigration Surge Rooted in History of Central America." Immigration Surge Rooted in History of Central America. Azcentral, Web. 05 Nov. 2014. Final Draft Rhetorical Analysis The Central American child refugee crisis is a result of lax border and immigration enforcement policies combined with drug organizations that weaken the country’s infrastructure socio-economically. In his article “Immigration surge rooted in history of Central America.”, Arizona…
federal power would make it impossible to conduct the nation's business or protect our borders and trade disputes. These suspicions had also sparked a fear over a central government, who limited their rights and could be easily overruled because they were weak. Under the previous rule of George III, fear of a strong executive was brewing among the citizens because of how they were mistreated during the revolutionary war. However, fears of being taken over or mistreated by the government was among the…
WWI Section I The Road to War Cause of WWI (The Great War)- assassination of archduke Ferdinand Imperialism - late 1800s European powers rushed to claim the remaining uncolonized areas of the world, particularly in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Militarism- policy of aggressively building up a nation’s armed forces in preparation for wa, as well as giving the military more authority over the government and foreign policy Early 1900s Europe Nationalism- 2 kinds The first was the tendency…
History Chapter 21 Outline I. Bull Run Ends the “Ninety-Day War” A. Northern newspapers at first had expectations of quick victory, “On to Richmond!” B. A Union army is of some 30 men is drilled near Washington in the supper of 1861 and it was ill prepared for battle, but the press and the public clamored for action. a. Lincoln concluded that an attack on a small Confederate force at Bull Run some thirty miles southwest of Washington might be worth a try. If successful it…
James Hamilton Mr. Everdeen English Comp 1301 31 March 2014 United States Intervention in the Syrian Civil War Syria is a nation in complete disarray. The Syrian rebels are on a mission to remove President Bashar al-Assad and the entire Ba’ath government. They have received help from organizations such as the Al-Qaeda. The Syrian government is trying to stop the uprising at all costs, and have even resorted to extreme measures such as using chemical weapons to put an end to the rebellion…
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Defining American War Aims 1. Second continental congress met after the battles of Lexington and Concord a. Delegates from all colonies besides Georgia met in Philadelphia in 1775 2. The liberals wanted complete independence from Great Britain while the conservatives wanted to restore the relationship with Great Britain a. hoped to restore the relationship that was obtained before the French Indian War 3. The moderates created two reformations in order to create a balance between separat…
the writing of the Declaration of Independence brought out a large debate on the issue of Slavery. Thomas Jefferson wrote a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence that included a section in which would not allow slavery in the colonies. Many people saw that slavery violated the human rights that people were fighting for. This passage was omitted from the final version of the Declaration of Independence because Jefferson decided people could not make enough money in the economy without slaves…