In the article How 9/11 Has Changed the World, Stanford Oberservers Comment, many Stanford experts gave their opinion about the changes in the World after the 9/11 incident. One of the person whose comment i read was John Taylor, a economist and a government adviser, believes that ever since 9/11 we as America have a "new greatest generation" to be able to lead America. Many Stanford students were in the military and fought in the war in Iraq and now they are coming back into school to make a better tomorrow. In John Taylor's commented on how "young entrepreneurs, who through ingenuity and hard work have been developing new products to improve peoples’ lives; and the teachers, the doctors, the engineers who are just beginning their careers." Taylor really believes after 9/11, We have a better generation of people taking on the lead of America. Another comment that I read trough is Amy Zegart's, she is an expert on intelligence and security. She believes that America isn't yet safe after 9/11, because even though Osama Bin Laden is dead, it will be wrong to think that there isn't another terrorist after us, trying to cause a downfall in America. Amy comments "FBI analysts, whose work is vital to connect dots and protect lives, are still treated like second-class citizens— labeled “support staff” alongside janitors and secretaries...So long as FBI analysts are treated like second-class citizens, Americans will get second-class security." Amy, being an expert on security really believes that the world isn't safe but its at stake.
I really believe that Amy Zegart is right in a way that is unexplainable. The United States lost many Americans in that one incident, what makes us so sure that we are safe 10 years later? Osama Bin Laden is dead now, and we believe to be out of danger after 10 years, how do we know Osama planned his death and put another terrorist in charge. These are just opinions they not all maybe true but what if they were? Like Amy said "FBI analyst are classified as second-class citizens," some people in America are second-class citizens and don't get as much security as the FBI agents. In order for there to be equal security among America we all need to be classified as "first-class", and then we will all be safe. Americas hopes went down, just like the tin towers, we will never forget 9/11. I truly believe that America is never safe.
In the article, 'Anchor Babies': No Getting Around the Constitution By Reynolds Holding, argues about illegal immigrants babies', being born in the U.S should be allowed to follow under the 14 Amendment. The 14th Amendment states that babies that are born in the U.S., but belong to illegal parents, have the right of automatic citizenship. Only 30 nations allow automatic citizenship to the children of undocumented parents, not even half of the world. Holding writes, "Britain began saying in 1981 that people born in America could not automatically become citizens unless at least one parent was already a citizen or permanent resident." This is saying that in 1981 Britain thought that the 14th Amendment was different, in order for a child to become citizen of the US, one of the parents had to be a resident or a US citizen. According to the 14th Amendment, was intended to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of newly freed slaves, once you are born in the US you automatically a citizen to the United States.
My thoughts and believes are for the 14th Amendment, i believe that babies should have the right to citizenship as soon as they are born in the United States. I come from a family that crossed to the United States illegally, i have two sisters that were born here and are citizens. We love them, we do not see them as anchor babies because we don't use them to support our family and get documents out of them. When my sisters were in the belly of my mother, they didn't ask to be a citizen, the United States gave them that right because its part of the amendment. Every country should have the right to give U.S. born babies' a citizenship.
