Zachary Cuervo
ASA2
week 6
After reading through the technical blocks of law text in "ASNE Memo on the Patriot Act II" and "Dole The USA Patriot Act A Sketch" I was frightened with the capabilities of these patriot acts, and disappointed with their "intended usages". The capabilities of the act to be used against simple protesters is mind boggling. Having a [and I’m paraphrasing this] vague relation to a protest or social movement makes you a "legal" target for surveillance, is sickening. And that is only domestic. Foreign entities in America that lose any sort of protection against this sort of surveillance is alarming in my eyes given the kind of invasive powers the government can have directly with companies. Even more so, the American citizens of foreign background, especially non-citizens, entering from outside countries seem most unprotected from these invasions of rights.
Pictured below is a Filipino passport with the recent Iraq travel restriction, caused by the tensions with extremists (terrorists) in southern regions of the Philippines. Having dual FilAm citizenship defeats the purpose, because if I’m not mistaken, the US passport is essentially more powerful and less restricted. A silly effect of the terrorist scare, in my opinion. To Asian American peers with foreign citizenships, what kind of limitations do your country’s passports have?
ASA2
week 6
After reading through the technical blocks of law text in "ASNE Memo on the Patriot Act II" and "Dole The USA Patriot Act A Sketch" I was frightened with the capabilities of these patriot acts, and disappointed with their "intended usages". The capabilities of the act to be used against simple protesters is mind boggling. Having a [and I’m paraphrasing this] vague relation to a protest or social movement makes you a "legal" target for surveillance, is sickening. And that is only domestic. Foreign entities in America that lose any sort of protection against this sort of surveillance is alarming in my eyes given the kind of invasive powers the government can have directly with companies. Even more so, the American citizens of foreign background, especially non-citizens, entering from outside countries seem most unprotected from these invasions of rights.
Pictured below is a Filipino passport with the recent Iraq travel restriction, caused by the tensions with extremists (terrorists) in southern regions of the Philippines. Having dual FilAm citizenship defeats the purpose, because if I’m not mistaken, the US passport is essentially more powerful and less restricted. A silly effect of the terrorist scare, in my opinion. To Asian American peers with foreign citizenships, what kind of limitations do your country’s passports have?
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