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... Should this be the case? ... Is it discriminating certain races or cultures to heighten security? Some civil liberty groups definitely think so and voice their opinions in many different ways. Yet the United States senate and other government organizations think that they are doing the best thing by increasing security throughout America. Over the past several years the government has been making plans and thinking of ways of improving security in airports, with foreign visitors, and many other places. Different organizations across the United States have different views of whether or not the government should be concentrating on making America a safer place and how that should be accomplished. Vice President Dick Cheney says “the problem is obviously not solved, “and the national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice, says “there will continue to be vulnerability.” (Purdum, A12)
In the month of September, 2002, just a year after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, “Immigration agents at the nation’s border crossings, airports, and seaports began to fingerprint foreigners who they suspect may pose security risks and
will require those visitors to regularly report where they are staying and what they are doing in the United States. ... Civil liberties groups and the American Muslims assume that “visitors from Arab and Islamic nations will receive the closest scrutiny. ... The Justice Department’s argument lies on
procedure because it is looking for something that can be done to secure America.
Approximate Word count = 1141
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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