Homeland Security Act of 2002 After the September 11th attacks, the United States Senate and House of Representatives legislated the Homeland Security Act (HSA). This law was passed on November 25, 2002. The purpose of the Homeland Security Act is to allow federal law enforcement agencies power to prevent any future terrorist attacks in the United States. with the creation of this law, came the establishment of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Department of Homeland Security mission is to respond to natural disasters, man-made accidents, and terroristic threats and attacks. The DHS became effective on March 1, 2003. The Purpose of the HSA and DHS The HSA and DHS goal is to protect the United States from any type of threats. …show more content…
The primary goal is to cease future terrorist attacks and diminishes U.S. exposure to terrorism. Another goal is to reduce damage made by terrorist attacks and be an aid to the victims. According to the HAS law, “Ensure that the overall economic security of the United States is not diminished by efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the homeland; and monitor connections between illegal drug trafficking and terrorism, coordinate efforts to sever such connections, and otherwise contribute to efforts to interdict illegal drug trafficking.” FEMA The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is a bureau of the US Department of Homeland Security. FEMA purpose is to create a response to any disaster that takes place within the United States borders or that depletes state and local resources. Wherever the catastrophe takes place, the governor of that particular state has to first announce that it is a state of emergency and after request, the federal government and president respond to the terrorist threat or disaster. FEMA’s main goal is to assure first responders and citizens that the United States is unified and we can work together. With the assistance of this agency, citizens can get ready for, “Protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.” My Opinion I feel as if the creation of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and everything else that has stemmed from the passing of this act is essential in our world today.
Americans need this extra protection and backing. Humans like to feel protected and safe, the Homeland Security Act provides this. As long as the individuals who work for the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA do their job, then the most terroristic threats and attacks will be meniscal. A lot of the terroristic threats that have taken place in the United States have occurred due to workers overlooking these radicals. America has to continue to work together and stay on top of any …show more content…
threats. Current Event The article I chose is titled, “White House Effort to Justify Travel Ban Causes Growing Concern for Some Intelligence Officials.” The authors, Jake Tapper and Pamela Brown, highlight the actions of President Trump.
In this article, trump is asking the department of homeland security to start its investigation and build cases for the brief travel ban on people from seven countries. The seven countries are as follows: Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The case will include substantial evidence that proves that these 7 countries pose a threat to the United States. Many officials state that these seven countries play no role in terroristic threats but others also oppose. Some Intelligence officials are concerned about this assignment because they disagree. They state that nationality should not play a role. The DHS is currently looking for supporting data. There are accusations that the intelligence reports are being politicized and that the reports are not accurate. Representative Jerold Nadler has stated that the countries being targeted were not involved in the 9/11 acts. However, Trump officials have disagreed and plan to prove these countries involvement in the
case. My Response This article deals with both the domestic and international laws of Homeland security. International law deals with the actions of county and state governments. The domestic law includes the behavior and actions of the individuals within U.S. territory. Trump is banning certain countries from being in the United states. if there is valid proof that these seven states played a role in 9/11 attacks or any other tyrannical attacks, then Trump will be valid for banning these countries. One should not discriminate just because of others nationality. The actions of DHS, FEMA, and Intelligence officials proves that they are incorporating the Homeland Security Act of 2002. Regardless of how malice, trump intentions may be if he is trying to protect America than I support it.
Have you ever shot a firearm before? If you have… don't you hate it when you hear that click-click noise when the firearm is empty! Now with the New York state safe act of the seven round clips law you will hear the noise a lot sooner than before. The seven round clips should be unconstitutional that New York State is putting into law. I don't think we should be regulated on the number of rounds we can put in a clip.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 directly relates to the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework. In fact, it directly correlates with their missions. HSPD-5 was the directive that needed to start things in motion; NIMS and the NRF are the aftermath of the directive. With the formation of NIMS and soon after the NRF, America can operate successfully under one national manage...
After 9/11 there was a great increase in security nationwide. One major example of this is the number of agencies created as a result of 9/11. Among these agencies include the creation of the TSA (Transportation Security Administration), the DHS (The Department of Homeland Security), the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), and lastly the massive advancement of the US Coast Guard. Every one of the budgets of these agencies has doubled since 9/11. The creation of the transportation and security administrations primary goal is to improve the safety of all American Citizens traveling by plane. The TSA started implementing, new policies and new technological advancements.
After the horrendous terrorist attack on the New York Trade Center a new Bill was passed by congress shortly after September 11, 2004. This bill is known as The Domestic Security Enhancement Act also called Patriot Act 2. This bill was designed as a follow-up to the USA Patriot Act to work in increasing government surveillance, detention and other law enforcement powers while reducing basic checks and balances on such powers. By the beginning of the year 2003 a draft of the legislation was available. Amongst the most severe problems the bill diminishes personal privacy by removing checks on government power, diminishes public accountability by increasing government secrecy, and diminishes corporate accountability under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Also the bill undermines fundamental constitutional rights of Americans under overboard definitions of “terrorism” and “terrorist organization” or under a terrorism pretext. Furthermore, unfairly targets immigrants under the pretext of fighting terrorism. (http://www.aclu.org/Safeand Free/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11835&c=206)
Chapter 1-3 showed the beginnings of homeland security and the expansion and growth of Homeland Security. Chapter 4 shows the actions of homeland security, and the steps they take toward a problem to access it. The DHS above all needs to realized and understand how to address an attack quickly and efficiently, and have counter measure put into place beforehand. The DHS must be able to access the risks of any situation, and must decipher the potential hazard the situation could cause. When looking at the many functions of the DHS, nothing could be more important than the ability to understand or hinder or stop an attack man made or not. First Homeland Security studies the nature of the risk; this means that they study what is likely to happen in a certain situation. The texted explains risk as what can go wrong. A cigarette smoker takes a risk every time he lights up, and everyone take a risk when getting into a car. The DHS takes what they know from prior circumstances to determine the reality of the risk; the department must also anticipate any attack even without prior knowledge to the circumstance. The main questions of risk assessment are easy to understand, questions like will people be injured or harmed. But when looking at chapter 1 which asks the reader to look further into why terrorist commit terrorism, that’s when its easier to see the DHS skill at risk assessment. For example if you understand that a terrorist attack could be coming from radical Islamist terrorist; then you would understand a risk by understanding their motive behind the attack like their religious holidays. The DHS uses a three-fold method for risk assessment and they are threat, vulnerability and consequence. The Rand organization uses th...
After the fear of terrorism grew in the United States do to the Al Qaeda 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the US Government found a need for a centralized department that umbrellas all other agencies when it comes to homeland security. The U.S. Government found this umbrella agency with the passage of the Homeland Security Act by Congress in November 2002, the Department of Homeland Security formally came into being as a stand-alone, Cabinet-level department to further coordinate and unify national homeland security efforts. (Homeland Security) With the creation of the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the government had a pinpoint location for the collection and gathering of intelligence, control of policies that effect national security, and a no fail mission. The Department of Homeland Security started to engulf other agencies and created many more, a total of 22 agencies now fall under the DHS. The DHS is control of all areas that deal with national security which included but are not limited to coastal and boarder protection, domestic terrorism, international terrorism, protection of the American people, protection of key infrastructure, protection of key resources and respond to natural disasters.
Buchanan mentions the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MSEHPA). Paternalistic actions are justifiable when there is an impending threat to health due to something, like bioterrorism, presenting the likelihood of significant harm (Buchanan, 2008). MSEHPA does well by showing limitations on paternalistic actions of public health officials. Limiting paternalistic input and increasing individual freedoms to form opinions and act according to one’s own desires, values, and ideals, better health outcomes can be achieved (Buchanan, 2008). While some support the idea of government intervention, this view of paternalism upsets some.
To impel, Trump’s travel ban is flat out illegal. This is in accordance with The Immigration Act of 1965 which was summarized by The New York Times as follows “The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 banned all discrimination against immigrants on the basis
Targets of suspicion: the impact of post-9/11 policies on Muslims, Arabs and South Asians in the US. (2004, May 1). Retrieved from http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/special-reports/targets-suspicion-impact-post-911-policies-muslims-arabs-and-south-asians-us
The Patriot Act has been under scrutiny and opposition since its creation following 9/11. When 9/11 struck it was clear that Americas intelligence was lacking in some specific way, but it was translated that America needed greater allowance for gathering information. The Patriot Act was signed on October 26, 2001, very close to 9/11. It can be concluded that the Patriot Act was signed with such extreme ability’s applied, because of how close it was signed after 9/11. The Act Greatly expands the liberty’s if law enforcement in their efforts to gather information, which in turn imposes on the privacy of the American people. The FBI has the ability to study any citizen suspected of terrorism, and has access to all their information. Wire Taps and other invasive action are allowed and granted by the Patriot Act. Was the Patriot Act signed to quickly? Are its measures to extreme? When is the line drawn on how much power the government can have? Is the Patriot Act effective enough that it is necessary? Should we as Americans willing to trade freedom for safety? Can the Patriot Act effectively stop or hinder terrorist attacks; has its stopped enough attacks to be validated? Another question is does America want a government that has that much power, how much are we as Americans willing to sacrifice, and how much more liberty’s is the government going take. If the government can pass the patriot act, what other legislation can they pass? In reality it all comes down to the American people, we are democracy but do we have the power in are hands? When finding all these questions one asks do we need an act that is in fact this controversial? Is the Patriot Act a necessary evil? To find this answer we have to answer all the questio...
This sharing made communication better between the agencies and may have been the cause of finding and destroying numerous terroristic acts. After the Department of Homeland security was created, stiffer punishments were created in order to deter those who work for the government from informing anyone other than government employees of privy information. The creation of the department allowed for the department to have meetings that did not have to go on record. The act also states that those with information in relation to the safety of the United States keep that information confidential until it can be revealed. The homeland security bill allocated the right of the United States government to obtain arms to offset bio terror attacks on the country. An example of acquiring weapons or a means to neutralize bio threats was when the U.S. got a hold of a large amount of the measles vaccine. Overall, the Department of Homeland Security seems to create more positive than negative attributes to America’s safety and
Fourteen years ago on a Tuesday was one of the darkest days in America. September eleven was one of the most horrific disasters in American History. At exactly eight forty six in the morning, the whole country woke up. This act of terrorism caused President Bush to enact the Patriot Act of 2001. The Patriot Act is important for the citizens of the United States because it helps prevent terrorism, protects American liberty, and does not prevent free speech.
Homeland security is the way Americans put forth the effort to ensure the homeland is safe, secure, and stands firm against terrorist acts and other hazard that could put the health and welfare of the American people. The mission of the Homeland Security is to prevent terrorism, secure and protect our open borders, uphold all immigration laws, safeguard and secure cyberspace, and be content and resilient when it pertains to disasters.
...ts of terrorism against the United States. Homeland security has not only proven to be effective, it has shown that it is providing safety for the U.S. and its citizens against terrorist attacks.
The Health and Safety Act of 1974 was set up as a means to protect