Analysis of the Usa Patriot Act

Analysis of the USA Patriot Act

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The USA Patriot Act is an abbreviation of the tools that were enacted in the year 2001 to obstruct the acts of terrorism. It stands for the aspects of Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. This is an Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act) which was signed into law in the month of October 2001. This act provides the legal critical judicial response to the aspects of terrorism (McCarthy, 2002). The most important attacks considered being the terror attacks of September 11 which changed the approach of the government on his critical issue.  This law is mainly based on the reinforcement of the military tools in the various bodies in America tasked with the maintenance of security within the country. These entities considered are; the central intelligence agency, the federal bureau of investigation and the federal prosecutors (McCarthy, 2002). These bodies are thus to be provided with the required resources mainly the military tools to enhance the identification and the breakdown of the terrorist networks in the USA and also in other states.

This act is primarily based on the department of justice proposed developments of the arsenal tools for the various bodies highlighted. Under fair criticism, the American immigration policy is identified as promoting factor to the infiltration of terrorists in the United States. This then enhances their widespread aspect of terrorism and linkages of the terrorist’s networks. This aspect is however not considered in the act and the options considered are the internal problems in the security agencies that are not sufficient in combating this issue. The first problem identified is the aspect of admission of various groups of people into the United States opposed to the use of laws that would combat the issue of the admission. Secondly, the immigration policy is purely a political tool and is not in any way available to make significant changes. This then affects the efforts that can be provided for the policy changes due to the political control.

This is seen as a major failure of the Act since the action of admission should be treated as the first law enforcement on the war on terrorism. The initiatives to strengthen the bodies’ such as the CIA for foreign intelligence is not sustainable, and the most appropriate acts of the fight against terrorism would be the inclusion of INS in the enforcement and where it would be held accountable for the actions. The second problem provided based on the provision of the act is the process of action which is utilized, and instead of the INS taking immediate actions in the terrorist acts, the norm is the provision of study information for assistance in the potential future actions. Despite these challenges provided the act provides immigration rules that are aimed at identifying and excluding the individuals with the terrorist ties which is seen as the most crucial step in the policy reforms to combat terrorism.