USA PATRIOT ACT 2
USA PATRIOT Act
Passed by the 107th Congress, the USA PATRIOT Act endeavors to curb any forms of
terrorism by enabling the U.S. government security agencies to search and block any person,
group and even ideas that seem to promote or support any terrorist activity. Sections 215 and 206
allow unwarranted seizure and surveillance. Accordingly, there is a justification if the
government revokes the citizenship of the Americans providing material support to the terrorists.
Making allegiance to terrorist groups is an indication that a person has renounced American
citizenship. Also, supporting terrorists is a clear manifestation that such people or groups no
longer maintain their pledge to the country; thus, they are no longer patriotic (Cruz, 2017).
According to the USA PATRIOT Act, domestic terrorism is intimidation or coercion of
the civilian population. In its case, it is a way of influencing government policy through duress: it
affects government procedures through heinous acts such as mass destruction and kidnapping of
people. In other cases, assassination is also typical. This definition is right since it shows that
terrorism risks human life and it is intentional since it involves intimidation. The only thing it
can add is a public punishment method (life sentence) such that punishment of such offenders
doesn’t take long after being proven guilty.
Regarding how the USA PATRIOT Act promotes racial profiling or discrimination, it is
essential first to note that it is typical for security agencies to intensify searches to a race or
religious group whose members are common perpetrators of terrorist acts. In spite of this
generality, racial and religious profiling has been prevalent. In most cases, there have been
reports of increased and unjustified questioning and searches of Arabs, the Muslim community,
and South Asians in airports (Kleinder, 2010).
