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Gun Control and The Homeless-Miguel Baez

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Gun Control and The Homeless-Miguel Baez

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Crimes in the United States have been rising and most are gun violence. Criminals are able to easily get a gun by robbing gun owners. These criminals then rob people with guns or murder people for petty reasons. Across the United States, homeless people have been targeted and beaten. These crimes are rising and they are also sometimes killed by guns or murdered. A question I have is, why doesn't the United States implement stronger gun laws? Why don't gun owners put their guns in more secure locations, so that it doesn't end up in the wrong hands?

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Why is there no laws that can help situations where people that get racially discriminated in areas like their own apartment building? Whenever it does happen in order for someone to have a case about it if they wanted to take it to court it has to be that the person causes harm physically. Other than that, why is it that when there is no physical harm the law doesn't intefere in situations like this correctly?

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Drug consumption against kids/minors. - Briggitte Segovia

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Drug consumption against kids/minors. - Briggitte Segovia

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It's a shame many kids have parents who don't care about them and let them do whatever they please. Not only do the kids think they are allowed to things which kids aren't supposed to do at a young age. With the defects which come with the drug consumption is only going to cause more problems within the family and the child itself. These parents need to become better if they want a family. If they don't then why are they sleeping with their partner and creating a "family".

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Why is so easy to be able to get a hand of a gun? States have to be more strict with the law of making people have a permit or license to able to purchase a gun.

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I feel like homeless people should have some type of opportunity to get a career or job to help out their situation. There are people out there who are homeless yet willing to put in the hard work to get a 2nd chance. Another problem that I see in this is that they are not offered enough housing opportunities. I see too many people on the streets just hopeless and it is sad to see. My question is why does the president not realize that they need to do something about all of this.

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Gun violence and police brutality-Jicelle Estrada

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Gun violence and police brutality-Jicelle Estrada

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~Why aren't much stricter gun laws enforced considering all the gun violence in the world?(mass school shootings being the main issue)
~Concerning police brutality, why do police abuse their power?

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Why do police officers assume someones identity before asking questions ? 

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Shoot First Ask Questions Later -Mikayla Wilder Jackson

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Shoot First Ask Questions Later -Mikayla Wilder Jackson

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Why do police officers assume someones idenity before asking questions? One Social issue that intrigues me is shoot first ask questions later. This fasinates me because I believe that officers have been known to pull someone over without letting the citizen know why they are getting pulled over. They assume because of the way they look they are a threat and end up pulling the trigger. Officers need better training that involves more minority/ people of color encounter. For instance, training like on how to prevent something like the Breanna Taylor case. Theses police assumptions is what is killing our youth and it needs to be fixed. Especially down south they see an African American and automatically assume they are crminals so they retaliate .

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Why is the U.S. government deporting people that want work and that want better lives. The government should treat immigrants better when they are caught. They shouldn't be in a camp with a piece of foil just to keep themselves warm.

Why doesn't the government make a special program that allow immigrants to gain their U.S. citizenship.

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Why does it take so long for gun control laws to be passed? The topic only comes up after a tragedy yet the government doesn't help prevent the next tragedy.

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Why does our government system choose to deport people who have been living in America for years and have built their lives here, which as a result leads to the separation of families?

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On visit to Texas border, ABA president advocates for migrants' legal rights
July 2, 2018 - In a two-day visit to the Rio Grande Valley, where thousands of parents and their separated children are detained as a result of the administration's "zero-tolerance" policy, ABA President Hilarie Bass spoke out about the need for legal services to ensure they receive the due process to which they are entitled.
Want to help at the border? ABA groups offer avenues to donate time and money
June 27, 2018 - ABA Journal article highlighting what the ABA is currently doing to respond to the crisis and how ABA members and others can help.
ABA president describes weeping mothers and due process concerns at the border
June 27, 2018 - ABA Journal - ABA President Hilarie Bass traveled to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to see how American lawyers can help families separated by federal immigration authorities. Public attention has focused on that situation over the past two weeks, as images of immigrants in chain-link holding cells and audio of children weeping for their parents found their way into the media. Bass was also looking at the due process implications of the "zero tolerance" policy- announced in early April by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions-for people who cross the border without authorization.

ABA President Bass to visit southern border to assess legal needs of children and parents

June 22, 2018 - American Bar Association President Hilarie Bass will travel to the Texas Rio Grande Valley area on June 25-26 to assess the legal needs of children and parents caught up in shifting federal policy on the handling of immigrants at the southern U.S. border.
Statement of Hilarie Bass, ABA president Re: Executive Order on separation of children at the border
June 20, 2018 - The American Bar Association is pleased that the administration has decided to stop the inhumane and untenable policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. We call on the government to expeditiously and efficiently reunite families and minimize any further harm to the children. The ABA pledges its full support in working within the legal community to make this happen.
ABA asylum project attorney describes representing separated families at the border
June 20, 2018 - Attorneys representing asylum-seekers from Central America frequently have worked with traumatized clients. But since the federal government began separating families after arresting parents for illegal entry, Kimi Jackson of the ABA's South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project says the trauma has gotten far worse.
ABA President Hilarie Bass sends letter to DOJ, Homeland Security opposing separation of children
June 12, 2018 - American Bar Association President Hilarie Bass sent a letter today to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen expressing the association's strong opposition to recent actions by the Department of Justice and DHS that have resulted in a drastic increase in the separation of children from their parents when arriving at the southern border.

Statement of Hilarie Bass, ABA president Re: Separating immigrant children from parents at the border

May 30, 2018 - The American Bar Association strongly opposes the government's policy of forcibly separating minor children from their parents when families cross the southern border into the United States. This unnecessarily cruel action violates basic standards of human decency.

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On visit to Texas border, ABA president advocates for migrants' legal rights July 2, 2018 - In a two-day visit to the Rio Grande Valley, where thousands of parents and their separated children are detained as a result of the administration's "zero-tolerance" policy, ABA President Hilarie Bass spoke out about the need for legal services to ensure they receive the due process to which they are entitled.