On August 19, 2014, a video of a United States reporter beheaded by a terrorist group known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS, went viral. After the video was released, the United States’ government discovered about 300 American citizens who have become part of the same terrorist group (CNN Library). A homegrown terrorist commits an act of treason against his home country. Currently, a convicted domestic terrorist is given a punishment for his behavior and manages to remain a citizen of the same country that he previously acted against. Because homegrown terrorism supports treason and uses violent force to intimidate law-abiding citizens, the United States should revoke the citizenship of terrorists.
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The act prohibits a citizen from threatening others or the American society; thus, those who violate this law receive the label “terrorist.” Unless the government becomes aware of a major threat, it does not use this act to prevent terrorism. However, because these threats do not hold enough weight to threaten the government, they are ignored. Therefore, when the government ignores the minor threats of citizens, it permits larger attacks to occur: “it appears that not only are there more attacks, but that a significant [portion] of them appear to be led or conceived by Americans targeting other Americans” (Mantri). This American-led terrorism is a major threat. For example, the radical movement of ISIS has captured the government’s attention through the involvement of American citizens. Specifically, there is evidence of American involvement: “It is disturbing enough that hundreds of Americans are fighting with the Islamic State, but now [the government learns] that the terror group’s top recruiter is an American from Boston” (Holy Terror). The government faces a serious threat with the terrorist group. As a punishment for treason, terrorists receive either the death penalty or a