“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity” (Herbert Hoover). Individual freedoms should not be sacrificed in the name of national security. It is the government's obligation to do so in protecting the United States Constitution that protects our rights. In 1941, the Japanese internment camps were sought the following year. The Japanese internment was when the United States took Japanese citizens from their homes and placed them in internment camps, where there were many casualties just to prevent the risk of national security. As someone may observe, that is not an honorable event to look at.
The internment that killed many of those people was because of people being entitled and prejudiced. There should not be any reason that we, as citizens, should have to sacrifice our rights when it is other people's motives. Innocent people should be able to experience their right to privacy, speech, and more brought from the constitution. “Owners of businesses and homes were forced to sell their property quickly and at a loss. Businesses lost their good will, their reputation, their customers” (Edgenuity.com). I believe that it is inhumane to sacrifice our rights for the
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“The more the government tried to mute them, the louder and more numerous they got” (virginiamercury.com). Taking away people’s freedom is going against everything that our country believes in. Peaceful protests are protected by the United States Constitution’s First Amendment and the international human rights law. If citizens cannot protest peacefully about this matter, they may feel like the government does not care about a democratic country anymore which may not even bring peaceful protests. If looting, walk outs, and violent riots happen, the country will