On Tuesday,
February 24, 2015, CNN National Security Analyst Juliette Kayyem,
published an article on CNN called “Ideology Hurting Homeland’s Security.” First
off, I would like to tell you a bit of background information about Juliette
Kayyem. Juliette is a former assistant secretary in the U.S. Homeland Security
department and is currently a Government professor at Harvard University.
Juliette’s intended audience for this article is for the American people. The
synopsis of Juliette’s article is to educate the Americans about the affects of
holding funds from U.S. Homeland Security. Juiliette explains the selfish
actions of the House Republicans, which chose to hold funds from the Department
of Homeland Security to make an “Ideology Point,” concerning President Obama’s
decision to rescind the deportation of immigrants. Juiliette goes into detail
about not only would the deadlock affect DHS, but also it affects the people’s
sense of security. For an example, Border Patrol, TSA, and DHS will require to
go to work and not get paid, which puts their family’s well-being at risk. Also,
there would be no funds to support the disaster relief programs, which are in
the middle of aiding the citizens in Boston who are suffering from multiple
blizzards. Juiliette closes her argument saying ideology differences can only
go so far and if there are no funds to support the Department of Homeland
Security, then the Americans homeland security would be at stake.
I believe
Juiliette’s argument is definitely justifiable because she is concerned for the
well-being of all Americans and not just a specific group. I am absolutely
convinced by Juiliette’s argument for several reasons. For one, she was a former
assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security so her statements
about what would happen if DHS ran out of funds are reliable. It also seems
like the House Republicans are not clearly thinking things through as far as
the significance of the standoff and how it would affect our country. I just
hope the House Republicans can come to a resolution soon to avoid unnecessary
events that could transpire from the deadlock.
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