Limiting Immigration following Sept. 11
...nd proper the government has the right to protect our country by excluding potential immigrants from the Middle East. America has, in the past, placed regulatory acts on emmigration, for example the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was passed in order to limit emmigration from southern and eastern Europe. The Emergency Quota Act and its successor The Immigration Act of 1924 were passed in order to preserve the American way of life, these acts and others illustrate the governments right to exclude potential immigrants. There are many reasons for excluding Middle Eastern immigrants at the moment including, the cost and the constitutional rights and responsibility. Following September Eleventh President Bush opened a new department for the protection of America, the Department for Homeland Security. The Department for Homeland Security is eating money that could be better spent if the constant threat of terrorism from American immigrants was not in existence. In 2001 $17 billion was invested in the Department for Homeland security, in 2002 $29 billion was made available, and in 2003 $38 billion has been allocated to the department. About 1200 people have been arrested following September Eleventh, the majority are being held on immigration charges, so more American money is being spent because of these Middle Eastern immigrants. If America excludes Middle Eastern Immigrants this and future money can be saved. Arguements have been made that America need only to place stricter regulations on immigrants from the Middle East in the same manner as the United Kingdom. In December of 2001 the UK passed the Anti-Terrorism, Crimes and Security Act, which allows for the loss of many privacies that the United States Constitution allows. If the United States were to follow the UK's lead, in essence, America would allow Middle Eastern immigrants in only to shun them of the rights given to every other American. It would be entirely unconstitutional and unfair, however...