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SamuelPittmanFirstEssay 9 - 23 Apr 2023 - Main.SamuelPittman
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Never Far from Danger –Protecting Liberty at the Southern Border | | | Current Conditions Preventing a Legislative Solution | |
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< | Exactly 13,978 people fled Guatemala in 2021. Violence, corruption, and prosecution reasonable lead migrants to flee their home country. The costs of this are high. With a near 130,000 unaccompanied migrant children entering the U.S. shelter system in 2022. | >
> | Exactly 13,978 people fled Guatemala in 2021. Violence, corruption, and prosecution reasonably leads migrants to flee their home countries. The costs of this are high. With a near 130,000 unaccompanied migrant children entering the U.S. shelter system in 2022. | | | Hostility to migrants and asylum seekers is woven into our politics. My prior experience volunteering as a witness reporter with, immigration non-profit, El Refugio, affirmed my deepest concerns regarding the treatment of human beings. | | | Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is now a tool used to secure international borders. With the expansion of A.I. at the border, the U.S. has adopted a smart border approach. | |
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< | Governing immigration policy is shifting to conducting asylum applications through a government run apps. This is only one part of the effort to digitize our border zone. DHS received $780 million in 2021 for technology and surveillance at the border. Proposals of a virtual border are currently being made. Drones, cameras, and everything we already have on our smart phone are being used as a tool to transform immigration policing. | >
> | Governing immigration policy is shifting to conducting asylum applications through government run apps. This is only one part of the effort to digitize our border zone. DHS received $780 million in 2021 for technology and surveillance at the border. Proposals of a virtual border are currently being made. Drones, cameras, and everything we already have on our smart phone are being used as a tool to transform immigration policing. | | | Privacy is at now at the heart of protecting immigrant rights. While the border is exempted from the Constitution’s protection against unreasonable search and seizure, the methods our immigration system uses to regulate the border are not immune from criticism. Due process violations, infringements on the right to privacy, violation of notice, and the implications of freedom in the globalized world are now stake. | | | My practice is essentially counseling asylum seekers, with a focus on offering legal counsel to individuals fleeing persecution based on sexual orientation. This inherently involves proximity to chaos and tension. | |
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< | My practice will find a viable solution on how to protect vulnerable individualize from government surveillance. Many LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, individuals persecuted on religious grounds, and those fleeing duress, simply cannot afford to have their identities fall into the hands of the wrong person. While waging a battle with government surveillance places the practice at a grave disadvantage, my theory of action takes a utilitarian approach. I would rather try to make an impact than none. | >
> | My practice will find a viable solution for how to protect vulnerable individuals from government surveillance. Many LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, individuals persecuted on religious grounds, and those fleeing duress, simply cannot afford to have their identities fall into the hands of the wrong person. While waging a battle against government surveillance places the practice at a grave disadvantage, my theory of action takes a utilitarian approach. I would rather try to make an impact than none. | | | |
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