American Citizen Rights
I believe that the United States government has a right to increase the power of the federal power to combat terrorism through the U.S. Patriot Act after the 9/11 attacks and this also applies to any terrorist threats, but I more strongly believe that each U.S. citizen has the right to his/her own privacy. There will be always an opportunity cost between personal privacy and security, but both of these must be used in moderation. For example, I don’t believe that the Bush administration had the right to allow the NSA to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens via phone calls or e-mail. I understand the fear of the American government during/after terrorist attacks, and the government deserves every right to want to protect the nation; however, I think
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provided with a basic set of medical aid because everyone should deserve a chance to live in America if they work for it and contribute to the expanding American nation. Are those not the moral principles that our Founding Father built our nation upon? The Fourteenth Amendment states that no person shall be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” “Due process” meaning fairness or trial, the Fourteenth Amendment states that all people on American soil can enjoy the freedoms of the Equal Protection Clause without a good reason. That being said, to me it seems like some political leaders are trying to take away the American liberties from the “good and hard working” undocumented and documented immigrants who WANT to TRULY be apart of our AMERICAN nation and make a better life for themselves, however, granted that criminals and drug lords would not be tolerated as for any person (illegal or legal) residing in the United States. The United States was once a safe haven for European citizens who escaped their countries as political refugees. If proof is shown of integrity and a willingness to work diligently with a legitimate reason to leave their whole life and everything that they knew in one country and move to another country where language and cultural barriers arise, why should these undocumented and documented aliens be denied or be hindered
provided with a basic set of medical aid because everyone should deserve a chance to live in America if they work for it and contribute to the expanding American nation. Are those not the moral principles that our Founding Father built our nation upon? The Fourteenth Amendment states that no person shall be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” “Due process” meaning fairness or trial, the Fourteenth Amendment states that all people on American soil can enjoy the freedoms of the Equal Protection Clause without a good reason. That being said, to me it seems like some political leaders are trying to take away the American liberties from the “good and hard working” undocumented and documented immigrants who WANT to TRULY be apart of our AMERICAN nation and make a better life for themselves, however, granted that criminals and drug lords would not be tolerated as for any person (illegal or legal) residing in the United States. The United States was once a safe haven for European citizens who escaped their countries as political refugees. If proof is shown of integrity and a willingness to work diligently with a legitimate reason to leave their whole life and everything that they knew in one country and move to another country where language and cultural barriers arise, why should these undocumented and documented aliens be denied or be hindered