Good LUCK summing this up in 500 words!!! I think she's a great writer and will do great speeches someday... though she did only have 500 words, but she makes a punch and doesn't shy away from being passionate! 
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The Fundamental Flaws of American Law; Scholarship Essay
The United States of America (USA) is a young country and one with many mistakes and successes coloring its short past. While the USA is undeniably a country founded on freedom, it falls short in protecting its most vulnerable citizens and residents. To begin to understand where the USA’s legal system is lacking, we must first understand how it was formed -- starting with the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution covers the basic freedoms and rights that befall any and all residents of America, legal or not. One of the great failures of the justice system is the disregard for the rights of all immigrants from the moment they step foot on American soil.
The main weapon used against undocumented immigrants is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) program under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). I.C.E. was formed shortly after the terror attacks of 9/11 along with the movement of the DHS up to the cabinet level. The movement of immigration issues from the Department of Labor to the DHS is indicative of a massive shift among policymakers on how we, the citizens of America, view immigration as a whole. Before 9/11, immigration was considered a workforce and economic issue and handled as such. We considered immigration as a beneficiary for the economy and a way to grow America’s GDP. Unfortunately, after 9/11, the public opinion of immigrants massively swayed and we began to group all immigrants together as a threat, regardless of their country of origin, their ethnicity, and their backgrounds. I.C.E. was developed executively by President Bush and has since been used without the standards of due process and right to a trial, which are constitutional rights to every person in America, regardless of citizenship status.
This disregard for the human rights that befall every person in America is horrific and shameful and will reflect poorly on each and every policymaker who turns a blind eye to the abuse of power constantly and consistently shown by I.C.E. in their treatment of immigrants. I propose an abolishment of I.C.E. and the movement of their primary functions back to the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce. If we continue to treat immigrants as a threat, as terrorists, we will continue to justify the abuse of power exemplified by I.C.E. We have already let them get away with ripping children from parents. We have let them lock people fleeing corruption away in cages. How much more will we stand? Enough is enough. More often than not, people turn away from what makes them uncomfortable, what reflects back the worst of them. The start of revolution begins with the oppressed speaking up, voicing their pain, but revolution and change can only truly take hold and succeed when and if the oppressors open their eyes to the cruelty they support, be it consciously or not.
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