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BRINGING MY DAUGHTER TO USA. Everybody has a goal in the life, For example, In my case was bring my daughter to this country to be with me.I came here from Cuba in 2012, and i leaved my family behind. It was a hard decision but my whole family be agree that the only way to live with respect and be treated as a human beings was going to United States. Immediately that i arrived i started to work hard in two different jobs to gain money to bring the family, After…

United States wanted to ensure this never occurred again, to ensure this the Patriot Act was passed. The USA PATRIOT Act, commonly known as the Patriot Act, is an Act of Congress which President George W. Bush signed into law on October 26, 2001. The Act was passed a merely 45 after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Only one United States senator, Russell Feingold, of Wisconsin voted against the USA Patriot Act (EPIC). However, just recently this act was extended through 2019. Pro’s for the…

discusses four key threats the national security state poses to American democracy, the first being secrecy, the second centralization, the third being repression and lastly distortion. We saw an increase in secrecy after 9/11 with the passage of the USA Patriot Act which many Americans were misled about until the whistleblower Edward Snowden came out and released all this information revealing that the NSA was collecting a lot more information than previously thought. We also saw it when the…

The Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, is an act of Canadian Parliament that is colloquially referred to as ‘Bill C-51’ or ‘the Bill’, and any mentions of such will, unless explicitly stated, refer to the Act as it was passed and not to the proposed Bill. Bill C-51’s aim is to increase intelligence sharing, and expand the powers of both CSIS and the politics with regard to potential acts of terrorism. The Bill’s passage was remarkably controversial, supported only by the Canadian Progressive Conservative…

With the onslaught of hacking and breaches in privacy by groups ranging from hacker cults to the NSA, individuals and corporations must take steps to protect themselves and their data to prevent any further damage. The impacts of coordinated hacking attacks are widespread and can affect any online services: ranging from PayPal to Sony’s PlayStation Network. A team of hackers, especially one with global support such as Anonymous advocate a policy called “hacktivism”. The concept of hacktivism…

Rachel Levy Senior Project Lofaso-Period 7 5/6/17 My senior project internship was interning at the Girl Scout Shop of Nassau County in Hicksville at 325 Duffy Ave. I enjoyed helping parents get what materials they need to start Girl Scouts and find the patches required to complete their…

A few years back when I first came to the United States, my older sister who has already been here for about 6 years at the time, encouraged me participate in the Miss Africa USA pageant. At first I didn’t think too much of it and didn’t think I had the confidence to participate. After talking with my sister about it, she encouraged me and promised that she would help me all the way. I signed up for the pageant and little did I know that I was taking on a big project that was going to change…

When many think of the NSA’s data collection programs, the first thought is of whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked classified American documents in 2013. These documents revealed to Americans the ways the NSA collected their information for investigation. The agency was found wrongfully collecting information from other countries such as China to investigate previous attacks on the U.S. Department of Defense (Cate 31). Domestically, one of the biggest things Americans learned about was…

Is Your Privacy More Important Than My Security? People greatly enjoy reading books of the dystopian genre, and in many cases the protagonist is fighting against authoritarian governments. As one may recall from the Hunger Games or Divergent, these leading bodies are powerful and controlling. The reader is often rooting for the heroine, who fights against this control. However, in real life, when one evaluates the current situation of government interference in private life for the safety of…

Throughout the comic, Captain America and his team believe that the government shouldn’t have a say in the way they are run because it limits their ability to do good. On the other hand, Iron Man and his team believe that they should be regulated by the government and elected officials. The Civil War demonstrates what happens when a society is stripped of their civil liberties. In the today’s society we are facing the same problem that the Avengers are facing in the comic, some people want…