could not afford to take anymore chances. Even the airplanes themselves had to be overhauled.. The cockpit doors were overhauled. Pilots could now act as federal officer, but first the pilots had to apply for the position of federal flight deck officer. (Cox, Michael (2002) Many form of legislature came into play. The Patriot Act was the first one reinforced. There were more the a 130 pieces of 9/11-related legislation were introduced in the 107th Congress in the year after the attacks. Aviation and Transportation Security Act, Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, State Department and Immigration, Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, and the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, All these organizations were inforced or reinforced after the 9/11 attacks.There were many government agencies created after 9/11. Some of these were created and some were just overhaled.. The Department of Homeland Security, it was not created just merge with some other organization like U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Counter terrorism is a big major job that requires a lot of work. It is extimated that more than 130 organizations along with many private companies are doing work dealing with counter terrorism. Some organizations increased tremendously in size like The Coast Guard, TSA and Border Patrol. .(Chris Walker Sep. 10, …show more content…
Right after 9/11 there were a lot of harassment, hate crime againt some ethnic groups. A Sikh man, was one of the first victims of this backlash.; ( Thayil, Jeet (October 12, 2001). Government policies toward terrorism were implemented immediately after 9/11. Many legislation were pass to fight terrorism. Two major anti-terrorism packages were enforced and implemented. One the changes was living and raising money by terrorist was not allowed. The second was dealing with communication intelligence and law enforcement In order to fight anti-terrorism, the Homeland Security Act introduced the the Department of Homeland Security. Now the United States could hold terrorist suspects longer withou charging theme through the USA Patriot Act. Prosecuting a terrorist suspect had no time limit. Airplanes were overhauled to keep terrorist out of the cockpit. Sky marshals were put on the planes, Security now was placed unpon the ATSA not the airport