The Radicalization Of Immigrants

The word ‘terrorism’ can be traced back to the French Revolution and the reign of terror committed against the population of France in the 1790s. During this time, thousands of people were killed and the general population was severely oppressed. Also, some of the first instances of terrorist tactics, such as assassination and intimidation, were witnessed in the killing of prominent officials and other opponents of the Revolution. In general, terrorists aim to incite fear in the population through pre-meditated violent acts and gain publicity as a medium in achieving their goals. Such acts include taking hostages, bombings and assassinations, all of which create fear and compliance in a victim or audience. Terrorism can be distinguished from other types of political violence through its disregard for and intentional harming of innocent civilians. Also, terrorists usually adopt a state of mind where one side is always good and any opposition is bad and deserves to be punished. As a result, terrorists will always have some supporters who share the same radical thoughts as them and thus terrorism, as a whole, will always be accepted as a legitimate use of violence. This is the reasoning behind the famous phrase by Gerald Seymour, “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter”(QUOTE

In the essay “Our Fear of Immigrants,” Jeremy Adam Smith writes about why it is we fear immigrants. Smith divides his essay with numerous examples and comparisons, through biological, sociological and psychological explanations. As unorthodox as it sounds, our hesitation towards outsiders can be explained in various ways we never believed imaginable; in Smith’s investigation, he unveils the bewildering reality about the contrasts between ourselves, as adults, and children when it comes to immigration. He begins with a distressful story of a classroom of 4th graders from Berkeley, California, who missed their classmate named Rodrigo when he didn’t return from Christmas break, due to his parents’ expired visa. Rodrigo’s classmates thought that it was so unfair, that they complained to their congressmen. Smith then contrasts this response of empathetic children to unsympathetic adults from Berkeley, California, who protested against immigrants who seek shelter in the U.S for the families. Smith pondered the questions: “Why do immigrants provoke such strong feelings of both empathy and revulsion, a polarization that pits fourth graders in Berkeley against the citizens of Murrieta?” and “What characteristics and qualities do Rodrigo’s classmates possess

Terrorism has been conducted throughout the world on numerous occasions. The groups that perform these actions come from multiple countries from all over the world. The United States even has some forms of terrorist groups and individuals. One of the biggest terrorist attacks was the destruction of the Twin Towers carried out by Al-Qaeda. Also recently there has been attacks in Paris and Great Britain, which were ISIS’s plan. The biggest terrorist organizations include the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and quite recently ISIS. The Taliban was founded in 1994, by Mullah Mohammed Omar, and they kill people in the name of jihad. Al-Qaeda was founded by Osama Bin Laden and also kill for jihad. Finally ISIS was founded recently hand continues to grow rapidly. They kill indiscriminately and how they see fit (Ppcorn, n.d.).

Denice Frohman also criticizes the superstructures that suppress the Latinx community, specifically the undocumented community. Denice Frohman recites, “Ana Maria is now 16. Her father works 18-hour days as a dishwasher. Her mother cleans houses she’ll never get to live in so that Ana Maria can sit in a college classroom and say, “I am here.” But her guidance counselor tells her she can’t get financial aid or the instate tuition rate because of her status. She says it like an apology. Ana wonders if her family ever crossed the border, or if they are just stuck inside another one, aggravating it like a soul. Her guidance counselor stands in front of her with a mouth full of fences” (). Denice Frohman narrates the structural hardships that undocumented families usually face. The arduous labor that is accepted from undocumented immigrants and their families but not their full acceptance into an exclusive society. The dehumanization of immigrants who are here to work towards a better life, but work so hard and never actualize their dreams. Moving across one border to be faced with another border. A border full of limits that forgets about the humanity of those it ousts.

Immigration is a kind of movement of people into destination land, which can be traced back to a million years ago. Also, the debate over whether immigrants should be given more rights has been an intractable problem for a long period. According to statistics from Wikipedia, as for 2005, the United Nations reported that there were nearly 191 million international immigrants worldwide, about three percent of the world 's population (Immigration). Although it does not seem to take up a large proportion, actually the amount of the immigrant population is particularly huge. In this way, policies on immigration are considered remarkably significant. Moreover, recently the attacks in European countries have also poured fuel on the already-heated debate over immigration policy. In most cases, local citizens and governments do not welcome immigrants into their own country, which is partly due to the discrimination. Obviously, it is unfair to them. Immigrants should be treated equally and given more rights than the rights they possess now because they contribute to boosting economy, creating a harmonious society and they are legal immigrants.

Terrorism is an act of violence, usually done in the public sphere, which is used to incite fear in a population in order to coerce change in public opinion or a government’s position on an issue. In many parts of the world, groups wage war with their countries, either to separate from the government or to overthrow it entirely. Sometimes these people are treated unfairly by their government, and their struggles are justified. Other times, these groups use violence against both military and civilian targets, terrorizing innocent bystanders to get what they want—these groups are terrorists. Often, though, it is difficult to tell the difference.

The 2016 presidential election and the now 2017 president, has struck fear in many Americans, especially immigrants; both legal and illegal. Immigration has been one of the top headlines throughout President Donald Trump’s presidency. Many immigrants feared for their lives. They did not know what to expect if Trump were to become president, but now, the fear of being kicked out of America or even being restricted from coming back to America with a green card, has increased. While we still have other issues surrounding us, immigration plays a key factor in causing mayhem in our society.

The word “terrorism” was first used during the French Revolution when British statesman Edmond Burke used the term to describe the actions of the Jacobin-dominated French government. Under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre, thousands of people that were said to be enemies of the state were put on trial and then executed by use of the guillotine (O 'Connor, 2006). However, since the inception of the word, it has taken on a new meaning. One can now hear the word “terrorism” and be overcome by anger or even fear. Terrorism now seems to have turned to attacks against a government rather

The article reviewed the racialization of immigration in the United States. It looked upon the media and the important role it plays re-affirming whiteness while successfully appealing to non-whites and immigrants. The article looked at the California Proposition 187, which was a ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit undocumented immigrants from using health care, public education, and other services in the State of California. The voters of the states actually got the initiative passed on November 1994. Teun van Dijk's editorial in Discourse & Society 6(2) makes some points with regard to proposition 187 which can be elaborated further with reference to both the particularities of racial politics.

Another approach which can be used to analysis the article is assimilation; prior to the time of these deportation policies it could be argued those in favour of the policy believe that there may be a lack of assimilation from the Mexican community. Many of Trump voters have displayed their feelings towards Mexicans migrants; for example, a large amount of Trump supporters ‘think that undocumented immigrants are more likely than American citizens to commit serious crimes’ (Doherty, 2016). This demonstrates the lack of interactions, whereby many Americans have a shared negative assumption on the migrant’s actions. The Majority of these ideas stem from negative images of migrants evoked by the media. More so, immigration legislations have contributed to the anti-immigrant movement in the US. Usually, the fear of foreigners plays a role in the anti-immigration mindset; since most believe that their culture and language may be affected.

While immigrants are facing problem, they are trying to solve problem before the problem is getting worse. My sister says to my mom again “you better return all of them or change them to red wine. To my belief, those wines are too dry for you, you won’t like it.” My mom just keeps in silent and put the wines back to bag. In this situation, my sister provides a solution for my mom about the problem of buying wrong wine, and my sister takes control over my mom and that make my mom feel bad about the thing she has made. The hierarchy of family structure change when my mom is facing the problem and need help from my sister. So taking in the solution or not is based on my mom’s decision.

After World Wwar 1, France was desperately in need of laborers and workers due to the 1.5 million soldiers that either died or were injured in combat. (leidenuniv) The low natural population growth as well as the stable peasantry being reluctant to leave their land caused labor shortages throughout france. These problems, in addition to having to rebuild the destroyed cities of france, is what led France into having to recruit/welcome as many immigrants as they could. This immigration throughout the years greatly impacted France. In the beginning, it reaped all of its benefits, however in the 1950’s it started to receive some of its negative consequences and finally, today France deals with many of the problems/situations that other countries face today on the topic of immigration.

The struggle against international terrorism has become more of a serious issue since 9/11, but France has treated counterterrorism which is the strategies that the government and military used for decades in respond to any terrorist acts. The French government views counterterrorism whether domestic and foreign in the same manner. France treats the enemy combatant at a high priority level, while America has now gain universal acceptance since 9/11. However, “the French governments view the threat of terrorism differently from the United States. Although France considers Islamic terrorism a major threat, it does not view terrorist actions as an “act of war” against France or against the

In many developed countries it is predicted that there will be a health field related labour shortage (Atanackovic and Bourgeault 2013) . The labour shortage is believed to be a result from the aging of the general population along with the aging of the health care workforce (ibid). One strategy many developed countries employ is to recruit internationally trained workers (ibid). There is a high turnover rate for personal support workers (PSWs) due to: poor conditions of workplaces, inadequate training and the lack of upward mobility (Atanackovic and Bourgeault 2013). Different immigrant groups experience different dimensions of precarity. The focus of this literature review is on creating a demographic profile of the Russian immigrant personal

For example, the Andijan Events, which happened in 2005. Many innocent people were killed during the terrorists attempt to take control over the government of (maybe in) Andijan. As the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov said (Uzbek Nation Will Never Depend on Others, 2005), the executors of that terror act were the members of, so-called, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Their primary goal was to set Caliphate in Uzbekistan, which would have made Uzbekistan an Islamic Republic and led to put dot in Uzbekistan's development, especially in economy growth. Also, there are some other reasons for terrorist acts such as: hate towards a race, nationality, or religion. The following example contains all reasons listed above. Another international terror group Al-Qaeda, number one terror group with a multimillionaire leader Osama Ben Laden, carried out a terror attack in 2001, in USA. Referring to Wikipedia.com (2006), terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes and crashed two of them into World Trade Centre, in Manhattan. The other one crashed to US Pentagon, and fourth crashed in rural place in Pennsylvania. It took about 2,986 lives of innocent people, including 19 hijackers, and more than 40 000 people were injured.