The United States government is founded upon basic liberties that are outlined in the Constitution. These liberties guarantee that we are a free nation. However, throughout the years, we have had several new procedures and laws put in place that have jeopardized these liberties in the name of security or the general welfare. After 9/11, many people turned against Muslims. Muslims were made out to be terrorists, even though the majority of Muslims are not. The truth is, only the al-Qaeda extremist group is responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Somehow throughout the years, Muslims have gotten a bad reputation for something that they did not do. This has led to stricter travel regulations. Muslims are more likely to be randomly searched before boarding an airplane. A spike in Muslim intolerance isn’t the only thing that changed after 9/11. For example, the NSA (National Security Agency) implemented new laws after 9/11 in order to carefully track terrorists in the US. which many Americans say is infringing on our rights. Documents obtained by The Washington Post indicate that the National Security Agency is collecting billions of records a day to track the location of mobile phone …show more content…
The US government has to decide whether to allow them into the US or not. The country is torn because many people feel like we need to help the refugees, as their country is in total war. On the other hand, many people feel as if we shouldn’t accept them because a few of them could be terrorists. If we choose not to accept them, where will they go? Will we really be safer if they don’t come here? Should we deny people life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in order to be ”safe”? 13.5 million people in Syria need help. 6.6 million are refugees; at least half are children. They need our help. If the US government decides to deny them access to our country, we won’t be “safer”. The government will just make us think we