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The Wild West lasted throughout the 1800’s. It is what most people think about when they think of American. Many famous people came out of the Wild West. Most of them were outlaws.

In agency representation the constituents give the politicians the ability to make decisions on their behalf when they don’t know the issue, the constituents expect them to work in their best interest. An issue that has recently been in the news is President Obama’s efforts to close Guantanamo Bay. Since the issue has not attracted the attention of a lot of people it is up to congress to vote in the public’s best interest. Yet, according to New York Times, congress has been blocking the president’s efforts to shut the prison down. The United States spends $2.5 million per detainee in Guantanamo and it currently holds 532 detainees. Acting as agencies on the behalf of the American people, Congress should work with President Obama because the money that the United States could save will be spent on issues that directly affect the public. This raises the question of how well does congress represent its

In Truman’s definition, any group, organized or unorganized, that has a shared attitude toward goals and methods for achieving them should be classified as an interest group. Truman defines an interest group in the text as any group who, on the basis of one or more shared attitudes, makes particular claims upon other groups in society for the “establishment, maintenance, or enhancement of forms of behavior” that the shared attitudes imply. From interaction in groups arise shared attitudes, also known as norms, which are certain common habits of response. Shared attitudes give the participants frames of reference for evaluating and interpreting behaviors and events. Interest groups are shared-attitude groups.

With the exponential increases in government expenditure on immigration enforcement since 2001, private industry accurately views immigration detention as a growth industry, and corporations have therefore devoted their resources to lobbying for those policies and programs that will increase their opportunities to do business with the federal government (DWN.org). Speculations that private prison corporations are more concerned with generating profit rather than the safety and security of detainees have emerged. Human rights violations have become more apparent through raids, deportations, and detentions against immigrants have been rampant with rationalization made in the name of homeland security since 9/11. The potential profitability of ownership and operation of detention centers are not the only means for generating profits, private industries operating within federal, state, and local facilities stand to generate substantial profit from subsidiary industries as well. Under the guise of protection of the general public and homeland security, these private prison systems create an image of being the solution to the “immigration problem,” when in reality most are only concerned

In the fiscal year of 2014, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stated that they conducted approximately 315,943 removals of individuals (ICE, 2014). This number includes undocumented immigrants, permanent residents, children, asylum seekers, and victims of human trafficking. The United States holds on average 380,000 to 442,000 persons in immigrant detention facilities per year (CIVIC, 2015). Immigrant Detention Centers hold individuals with migrant status who are in waiting of their removal proceeding decision made by the Department of Justice. Detention facilities ideally should model a civil system yet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE have transformed

In February, there was a picket at ICE’s headquarters regarding the treatment of its employees. Their Office of Inspector General has called for an “investigation into the culture of discrimination, gross-mismanagement, and harassment that pervades the agency’s leadership.” The agency’s leaders have been accused of mistreating employees who fall under the category of “pregnant female, veteran, union representative, or person of color.” Similarly, ICE has fallen under attack for its treatment of those held in their custody. These accusations specifically pertain to the medical care under which ICE puts these individuals. Several associations, such as the National Immigrant Justice Center, claim that ICE’s “inadequate medical care at its detention facilities” is a direct cause of numerous detainee deaths. It is for these purposes that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has undergone investigation into its practices and conduct of late. However, ICE can also be attributed to recent success in its endeavors. In May 2015, Homeland Security Investigations found and returned several stolen Italian antiques. On March 3, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement website reported the HSI’s success in apprehending over a million in dollars allegedly linked to drug export and a private airplane in a Maryland airport, alongside the Baltimore County Police Department, Maryland State Police, and “other members of a multi-agency task

This paper will attempt to validate the abusive nature within ICE’s Immigration Detention Centers. Specifically, the abuse that women and children suffer by high risk detainees and ICE agents within the detention centers. Additionally, this paper will also challenge the infrastructure along the southwest border, specifically on overcrowded and antiquated detention centers. Furthermore, how the financial impact to detain, process and release or deportation of undocumented immigrants has become a burden on U.S. tax payers. Lastly, how the lack of concern for human rights has become a crisis at the U.S. and Mexican border.

Public interest lobbies form a linkage element between citizens and governmental elites. In lobbying they articulate what they perceive to be the issue positions of certain sectors of society. Public interest groups also play an important role in facilitating the political participation of their members and related attentive publics. By helping to bring new issues to the table, interest groups influence the shape of political agendas.

Private prisons have a negative effect on states and local governments. Unfortunately, the number of private prisons has been increasing since their inception in 1983 causing further problems. For-profit prisons offer no real benefits and are bad investments for states. Furthermore, private prisons beleaguer communities with high turnover rates that hurt local economies. The demands of these institutions put an excessive burden on the local community’s infrastructure. Similarly, private prisons strain the county and city legal systems. More often than not, spin-off industries and economic benefits promised by the for-profit correction industry fail to appear. Additionally, private prisons are allowed to cherry pick the least expensive

creating a relationship with the staff of congress. This relationship provides a window for the group to testify at hearings. The interest group provides personal transportation for their group members to vote in crucial elections. Some of their members will vote on their group issues since lobbying brings them in direct contact with the political candidates. The groups? members are more than willing to teach their legislators about technology which the legislators sometimes lack this information. The members look forward to informing the legislators about their groups? concerns

We start this essay with this famous quote from Berry introducing us to what exactly an interest group is. Indeed in general, public opinion and people unaware of an interest group’s actions might regard interest groups in a negative light. The more famous interest groups can tend to generate a lot of negative publicity. For instance, in the US one of the most famous interest groups is the National Rifle Association, which defends the right to bear weapons. This, of course, has led to controversy especially given the recent high school shootings in

interest groups are activity involved in the legislature process (on the national level) seeking to

In order to maintain order and stability and security in the United States non-citizens have to confront the charges that will be given to them. As the amount of non citizens arrest are arising there is more possibility of over population in the prisons. In order to help maintain the prisons from over flowing and to keep it under control there is a need of both state and federal intervention. Both the citizens of the United States and the federal government are paying to help keep the federal prisons open for any new non citizens arrests. Deportation should be given to those who are found to be a harm to not only the United States but also to harming anyone who is a human."Of the more than 27,000 people whom ICE arrested nationwide last fiscal

An informative book about the history of the Wild West from the point of view of native Americans. A frank and open account of how the native Americans were displaced and forcibly removed from their lands. How deep the racial hatred went, how they were demonised by the white settlers. A detailed account in chronological order of what happened in the mid to late 1800's. A lot of work went into researching and writing this book and it shows, through the detail and often brutal imagery displayed within. This is a must-read for anyone with an interest in how the Wild West was won, to get the story from the other side. Its shocking how the native Americans were treated back then, given the stark option of moving to a reservation or being killed.

Interest groups and advocacy groups have an undeniably strong influence in Washington, and while the results of lobbying efforts are not often touted, they sway policy in areas like energy, housing, public finance, education, gun control and many more. These interest groups may represent parochial interests, but there is surely an area of policy that matches most splintered-off factions. While they’ve been portrayed as shadowy forces in lawmaking, “Interest Group Influence on US Policy Change: An Assessment Based on Policy History” by Matt Grossmann attempts to quantify and