U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Ted Cruz is a Senator of Texas born from Cuban immigrant parents. His stance on the issue of immigration can be summed up in the terms that he believes immigration is good if only done by legal means. His quote “There’s seven billion people on the face of the planet, and an awful lot of them would like to come here. Now if they want to come here legally and follow the law, great,” he added. “You and I both come from immigrant families who followed the law.” shows his stance of allowing more…

US Customs and Border Protection agents face a myriad of challenges with ensuring the border is properly secured. A significant issue is trying to stop the smuggling and unlawful crossing of migrants over the border and controlling the flow of drugs into the country. In order for Customs and Border Protection agents to effectively perform their job, they must be able to properly inspect and search the people and property that crosses the borders on a daily basis. The Functional Equivalent of…

freedom that we deserve. The American dream can be interpreted as everyone that has an opportunity to make their way of living easier, than in other countries. Immigration is a huge effect from the opportunities that the U.S offers its foreign travelers. There have been so many people that move to the United States illegally making immigration a big issue. Policies regarding immigrants moving to the United States are very strict making it difficult for people of the less fortunate to come over…

the Patriot Act. Agencies such as the Secret Service, Air Marshals, and Border Patrol exist to help prevent terrorism. Another agency where anti- terrorism acts have been exemplary is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. There was an instance in an airport in Miami where the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a suspected foreign money launderer named Libardo Florez-Gomez. He laundered over one million dollars to Columbia every month for a terrorist group by the name of FARC.…

religious extremists (Sullivan). When the family moved to the United States the Russian Government had warned the U.S. but when U.S. officials tried to gain more knowledge about the threat of the Tsarnaev family the Russian government never responded with and intelligence data. Eileen Sullivan explains in her press report for PBS that, “it was only after the 2013 attack that the U.S. intelligence community learned that the Russians withheld some details that might have led to a more thorough FBI…

The immigration problem in the United States has decreased the value placed on American citizenship. As author Matt Taibbi states, "It used to be that citizenship in a strong and healthy state was universally prized...but with citizenship comes responsibility and it turns out that not everybody wants those. (207-208)" Therefore, Taibbi conveys to the reader the process which local officials and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) must go through in order to deport illegal immigrants.…

Criminal Investigator Within the U.S. Army In the realm of criminal justice lies the career path of a criminal investigator. These job offers range from working in the sheriff’s department, FBI, or the United States (U.S.) Army. No matter what path one takes within the field, he/she must have a certain set of qualifications and skills. Investigators are inherently important to society in order to maintain order. Criminal investigators have evolved to become undeniably beneficial for communities,…

IMPORTANCE OF ISSUE Since its inception, America has continuously dealt with immigration. Aversion and hostility usually welcome immigrant communities. Still, how the American government chooses to deal with the influx in migrating population has been disputed. Only a fraction of the population in detainment are illegal immigrants are a threat to the society. Many detainees are women and children asylum seekers from violence-stricken countries in Central America. Even worse, some of the people…

Like Federal Law Enforcement agencies, their roles and functions are the same. Also like Federal law enforcement, state law enforcement has multi Law Enforcement agencies that work for the state. Example of some of the agencies are Department of fish and game, State port authority, Department of Corrections, and many more agencies that the…

cost the U.S. $258,280,000,000. Immigrants arrive illegally to avoid U.S. Immigration policy that takes at least 6 months to process. Barack Obama, president of the United States, claims, “Today, our immigration system is broken—and everybody knows it." The current rate of obtaining a U.S. citizenship take a long 13-year process involving hours of paperwork and thousands of dollars. Immigration Reform is one of the hottest topics in politics today and is highly controversial. Current U.S.…