The Dream Act Review

Sovana Dangols’ editorial is a good piece about the current immigration status in America. I agree that the dream act is a perfect way for immigrants to get integrated into the country. If someone shows that they are fully determined to strive forward in life and they show it in their school work and community service, there is no reason to deny them of educational rights. 

The dream act should be enacted now, so that it will set an example for other minorities in our country and show them that with determination anyone can get ahead in life, regardless of their financial status. America needs change now more than ever and with the ever growing number of immigrants in our country there needs to be a law that allows those who are immigrants to be able to succeed just like anyone else.

The Touchy Issue of the TSA

How much more paranoid can America get? Well this is certainly one way to show off how scared the country is of terrorist. The Transportation Security Administration or (TSA) has gone way too far now with the methods they are using to sniff out threats to our country. They have implemented a new procedure in which they have to do a screening procedure on anyone who goes to through an airport, just to make sure that they aren’t a terrorist.

In a way it’s a virtual strip search because they have to scan people with an advance imaging technology that searches your whole body and transfers the image to a computer where they see if you have anything that can be considered a threat. This machine has been proven to contain dangerous amounts of radiation for a person if they are frequently exposed to it and some pilots have filed lawsuits against these procedures because of unknown radiation risks.

            The TSA also involves pat downs in which they search people from head to toe and they can do this to anyone who is deemed suspicious. There was one incident in which a young boy was thoroughly searched and was made to take his shirt off in front of everyone standing around the airport. I think these measures are too extreme and violate our privacy and should not be implanted so exceedingly. I get that the government is concerned about the safety of the nation, but when a nation has to almost strip search everyone who goes through an airport is just too paranoid and should calm down.