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TO: Dianne Feinstein, Senate Committee on Border Security and Immigration CC: Professor Mark Shirk FROM: Foreign Policy Analyst Trang Nguyen DATE: June 11th, 2008 SUBJECT: Undocumented Immigration There are more than 10 million undocumented aliens currently reside in the U.S., and that population is growing by 700,000 per year. Typical undocumented immigrants enter the U.S. either young or old, once employed, add value to the U.S. economy. However, they also pose problems within the legal and national security environment. When three out of every 100 people in America are undocumented, there is a profound security problem. The presence of millions of undocumented migrants can distort the law, distracts resources, and effectively creates a cover for terrorists and criminals. In other words, the real problem presented by undocumented immigration is security, not the supposed threat to the economy. Therefore, efforts to curtail the economic influx of migrants actually worsen t...

Memorandum on the United States Foreign Policy on the Rwandan Genocide TO: Secretary of State Warren Christopher CC: Mark Shirk FROM: Foreign Analyst Rachael Feldhausen DATE: April 20th, 1994 SUBJECT: Foreign Policy Regarding Rwandan Crisis 2 days ago, the Human Rights watch estimated that a total of 100,000 civilians have died in Rwanda in the continuing conflict between the Hutus and Tutsis. Given the escalating events in Rwanda, the United States should take immediate military action to intervene on the behalf the Rwandan civilians with the long term goal of helping them rebuild and create a functioning democracy. It has always been the belief that the United States is the spearheader of human rights around the world, and must continue to uphold and maintain its declared devotion to the protection of these rights. RISING CONFLICT IN RWANDA On April 6th, 1994, an unknown source shot down a plane containing the president of Burundi and Habyarimana ov...

Memorandum Memorandum on United States Foreign Policy During the Cold War To: President Harry S. Truman CC: Professor Shirk From: Victoria Hassan Date: July 30, 1945 Subject: Alternatives to the Use of Atomic Weaponry in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Recently, there has been much discussion about the utilization of nuclear weapons in Japan -- specifically dropping atomic bombs upon the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reasoning behind the use of atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities seems to be in order to quickly end the war in Japan without putting American lives at risk. The second reason behind the potential use of atomic bombs in Japan seems to be in order to demonstrate to the Soviet Union that the United States possesses a new nuclear weapon of mass destruction. In turn, this would demonstrate the utmost power of the United States and possibly inflict fear in the Soviet Union. However, there are other potential...