Government Security News July 2016 Digital Edition
Government Security News, founded in 2001 shortly after 9/11, is a news and feature publication covering Homeland Security and Defense. It is read by government executives in federal, state, county, municipal agencies as well as technology vendors and service personnel in Law Enforcement, Airport and Aviation Security, Border Security and Immigration, Maritime and Port Security, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Counter-Terrorism, IT and Cybersecurity and all other branches of Government and the Military. In addition to its daily, weekly and monthly publications and newsletters, Government Security News also operates two awards programs that are well-respected in the U.S. and Internationally.
Government Security News, founded in 2001 shortly after 9/11, is a news and feature publication covering Homeland Security and Defense. It is read by government executives in federal, state, county, municipal agencies as well as technology vendors and service personnel in Law Enforcement, Airport and Aviation Security, Border Security and Immigration, Maritime and Port Security, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Counter-Terrorism, IT and Cybersecurity and all other branches of Government and the Military. In addition to its daily, weekly and monthly publications and newsletters, Government Security News also operates two awards programs that are well-respected in the U.S. and Internationally.
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Most Americans reject Trump’s nativist agenda, according<br />
to survey conducted by Brookings Institution and Public<br />
Religion Research Institute<br />
By Walter Ewing<br />
Republican presidential contender<br />
Donald Trump may claim to<br />
speak in the name of the “American<br />
people,” but the fact is that<br />
most Americans continue to reject<br />
his nativist rhetoric of fear<br />
and hate. This is apparent from<br />
the results of a survey conducted<br />
by the Brookings Institution and<br />
Public Religion Research Institute<br />
between April 4 and May<br />
2, <strong>2016</strong>. The survey reveals that,<br />
despite a great deal of collective<br />
anxiety over terrorism and the<br />
impact of growing immigrant<br />
communities on U.S. society,<br />
most Americans<br />
do not buy into<br />
harsh views on<br />
immigration.<br />
As a starting<br />
point, the survey<br />
examined how many Americans<br />
are worried about a terrorist attack.<br />
Given the terrorist shootings<br />
in San Bernardino and in Paris at<br />
the end of 2015 (the<br />
survey was conducted<br />
before the Orlando<br />
massacre), it comes as<br />
no surprise that just<br />
over half (51 percent)<br />
of survey respondents<br />
“report feeling somewhat<br />
or very worried that they or<br />
a member of their family will become<br />
a victim of terrorism.” This<br />
marks an increase of 18 percentage<br />
points since late 2014, when<br />
only 33 percent of respondents<br />
harbored such a fear.<br />
Yet, despite these fears, most<br />
respondents did not succumb to<br />
the temptation to scapegoat all<br />
immigrants or all<br />
Muslims for the<br />
actions of a relatively<br />
small numbers<br />
of terrorists.<br />
For instance, 58<br />
percent “oppose placing a temporary<br />
ban on Muslims from other<br />
countries entering the U.S.,” compared<br />
to 40 percent who support<br />
27<br />
such a measure. Likewise, 55 percent<br />
“oppose passing a law that<br />
would deny Syrian refugees entrance<br />
to the U.S.,” while 44 percent<br />
support such a law.<br />
Nor did most respondents buy<br />
into Trump’s views on the U.S.-<br />
Mexico border, undocumented<br />
immigration, or the economic<br />
impact of immigrants. Among<br />
the respondents:<br />
• 61 percent “say immigrants<br />
living in the U.S. illegally<br />
should be allowed a way to become<br />
citizens,” compared to 21<br />
percent say that they should be<br />
deported.<br />
• 58 percent oppose building a<br />
wall along the U.S.-Mexico bor-<br />
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