Chaitu Exam

1. What are the major issues that the U.S. government facing in protecting its borders from illegal immigration and its citizens from domestic and foreign terrorist attacks? How have those issues been addressed?

An illegal immigrant is defined as anyone who migrates to a country for a permanent residence without any form of identification. Illegal immigration is a problem that affects all Americans Millions of American citizens is out of work or unable to find a job because we have 12-20 million illegal aliens in America. As time has passed millions of immigrants have dared to enter the nation. On the other hand, with such a limitless measure of foreigners who longing access into the nation, entrance into the United States has gotten to be a great deal more unpredictable since the times of Ellis Island.
The two issues identified are
Economical Issues:
Borders and ports are not just "openings" to be secured and are economic doors that must remain open.
We must not "shut down" our economy in order to save it!
Political Issues:
Neighbor politics, International politics, electorate politics
Borders with other countries are
5525 mile border with Canada, 1989 mile border with Mexico
Maritime border
9500 miles of shoreline,
500 million people legally enter
330 million non-citizens (85% of them via land).
Impact of illegal immigrants on the United States of America:
Wages and Employment:
Due to the presence of illegal immigrants the wages are kept flat or depressed and the employment rates for legal US citizens decreased.
Housing Prices :
From 2003-2013 US housing prices rose most rapidly in those regions with increasing immigrant population.
Taxes and social services
Crimes committed by illegal immigrants California has the largest illegal immigrant population in the US. The most recent research indicates approximately 35% of the California population consists of illegal immigrants in which 17% of them are in prison.
Identity theft
Drug trafficking
Gang violence
National security and terrorism
Harm to citizens and
Prostitution.
In 2012 the Obama administration spent 18 billion dollars on immigration enforcement programs; more than the budget for all other federal law enforcement agencies that year combined. The main legislation governing immigration is the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, (INA).
So protecting our border is safety measure to avoid terrorism. Fundamentally, the main objective is to secure the nation and its people.

2. Through out the history of emergency management in the United States, priorities set for government emergency management agencies have been driven by the most widely perceived threat or hazard. In your opinion, is DHS’s current focus on terrorism the right area to be focused on, or should more attention be paid to natural disaster management?

DHS: The DHS, which is composed of 22 agencies, is tasked with the primary mission of securing the nation against terrorism. Along with supporting organizations, and community citizenry, the DHS has formed what is referred today as the homeland security enterprise. The 9/11 attack also presented America with a challenge of resiliency. Disasters, situations are frequently sudden and often unexpected. The human race has been faced with natural disasters since it has evolved. Life threatening situations may take hours, days or weeks to evolve. Disaster preparedness, Response and recovery, Assistance and mitigation measures are the phases in disaster management by using these measures should be taken.
In my opinion they DHS should concentrate on both for safety of country.
Hurricane Katrina was the eleventh named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. The storm is currently ranked as the third most intense United States land falling tropical cyclone, behind only the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Overall, at least 1,833 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest United States hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. Total property damage was estimated at $108 billion (2005 USD), roughly four times the damage brought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. For every disaster proper mitigation should be taken in to consideration to avoid disasters.