Opinion Summary 5. Part of what makes the United States such a diverse society is immigration and the influx of immigrants from all over the world.
Review the following websites and articles:
• Map: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States
• Houston Police Officer Dead, 1 Hurt; Illegal Immigrant Suspect in Custody
• Dangerous California Sanctuary Policy Leaves 3 Victims in Wake of Fatal Shooting
• Crimes by Illegal Immigrants Widespread Across U.S.—Sanctuaries Shouldn’t Shield Them
Immigration is a widely debated topic in criminal justice today. Many jurisdictions are providing sanctuary for undocumented or illegal immigrants. Although many seek a better life, many are also increasingly engaging in violent crime. Based on these articles and your knowledge, what is your assessment of sanctuary cities? Should we allow these criminal offenders to be protected simply because they are in the country illegally when American citizens would not get the same protection? In other words, should these individuals, who have already broken laws just being in the country, get services, such as medical and schooling, without having citizenship and without paying taxes that are assessed on American citizens? Articulate your reasonings.
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Opinion Summary 6. In this module, you are researching the impact that illegal immigration is having on the Criminal Justice System, particularly law enforcement.
Review the report Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] agency’s website, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Review the information on the 287(g) Program, which allows for partnerships between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to identify, detain and deport illegal immigrants (noncitizens) based on criminal activity.
Provide an assessment, in your own words, of the program, including the Jail Enforcement Model and the Warrant Service Officer Model. Also provide a discussion of the success rate of the program. Do you believe this is an effective use of law enforcement resources (meaning, should local and state law enforcement agencies be concerned about and use their resources to assist the federal government in doing its job regarding illegal immigrants)? Do you agree with allowing local and state law enforcement officers to act as federal officers in their jurisdictions and within local/state correctional facilities? What do you see, if any, are negatives to this program? Do the benefits outweigh the negatives, or should this type of program be abolished? Explain your reasonings.

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Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.

God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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