people to North and South America. This brought people to a new place with new opportunities to start new chapters in their lives. Even though lots of people had great expectations for what would come, it was actually the opposite. Many people who immigrated to a new country were not treated with respect and their beliefs were disregarded based on their status as a citizen, which worked this way because the main focus was economic growth. What does it mean to be a citizen of a country? Many people
The American President Barack Hussein Obama and other leading government officials were accused of slacking in their responsibility by not placing the safety of American citizens first. The government has also shown lack of leadership by not establishing a Surgeon General for this nation. Also, as the spread of Ebola became well known the media warned about strict precautions not implemented effectively enough to keep Ebola from entering America. Specifically, accusing the American leadership of
Becoming a United States citizen is such a difficult task that many immigrants are crossing the border illegally. Today, the naturalization process is a large controversial topic. To become a citizen one has to go through a series of tests including topics about US government, language, and civics. One has to be able to speak and understand English which can be extremely difficult as a second language. Because it is so difficult to becoming a citizen or let alone enter a country with certain permissions
free speech is one of the most precious rights an individual has as a citizen of the United States of America. This right gives people the opportunity to speak their mind and give their opinions of what they think should happen. These rights have been questioned and debated throughout history, and have produced extremely positive things in a lot of cases. The controversy of these rights are not secluded to one era of time; they have been questioned many different times, in many different ways. In modern
Becoming a citizen of the United States is a very prolonged process. Not just anybody can necessarily become a US citizen, there are multiple requirements and responsibilities to becoming a citizen, no matter if it is here in the US or any other particular country such as brazil or Germany. Being a US citizen is a special privilege and those who have become fortunate enough to become a citizen in the US should feel extremely lucky and proud. Even though they do become US citizens, they necessarily
In the United States all citizens have a guaranteed right to express their thoughts and ideas to a certain extent that is. Under the First Amendment in the Constitution it states that the people have the ability to speak freely. Free speech is a concept that has different variations as to how expansive it should be and can be discussed by four individuals with differing theories on the justification for this right. The four theories are the Utility of Truth by Mill, Democratic Self Government by
Should citizens of the United States all have the same rights? Or do the individual states deserve to control our interstate liberties? This is an important issue today as men and women are charged left and right with felonies in neighboring states when they are simply exercising what are everyday rights at home. Americans who have paid hard earned money to enjoy the very freedoms being threatened have the most to loose. Let’s look into the laws regulating concealed carry in America today and their
As a citizen of the United States of America, I am directly affected by every decision that my representative government makes every day. In past presidential elections, I have not agreed with some policies that certain Presidents have made, but I have never had the opportunity to have my voice heard. The number of young voters in our society is horrendous, every year we have less and less young people from the ages 18-24 that just don’t want to vote. Most teens in America just don’t trust the government
In today’s world, many people consider our country, The United States of America, to be outstanding and a great country. Others do not think the same. This concept is known as American exceptionalism. This concept has been debated for many years, and to this day it still is. Although American exceptionalism can be hard to define, there are many ways to define it. Some say that we are exceptional because we are superior to everybody else and are better. Others say that God has given us the power to
Guns have played a major role in shaping and constructing the United States of America to the way it is today. In the early times of United States history, the founding fathers set in stone that every man has the right to bear arms. In recent years there have been numerous politicians that have been fighting to take that right away from us. The Second Amendment to the Unites States Constitution states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people