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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @winteryeti 12h \ on: Every Domestic Flight Is Now a Civil Enforcement Checkpoint Politics_And_Law
It's been that way since 9-11. Didn't you notice all the LE standing nearby with guns and AR-15s ready to go as you went through the TSA line?
Universal travel data being used for civil enforcement is new, and once normalized, it opens the door to entirely new categories of screening (e.g., non-security policy priorities).
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The TSA watch list has been around for years. Sorry to burst your bubble. The only difference now is that it's more aggressive. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-planning-to-end-tsa-quiet-skies-traveler-surveillance-program/
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Appreciate the context, but we’re talking past each other.
Quiet Skies = behavioral targeting of individuals flagged for security risk.
Current policy = blanket sharing of all domestic passenger manifests for civil immigration enforcement.
The difference:
• Not “who flew suspiciously”
• But “who flew, period”
Security watchlists screen for threats.This uses routine travel as an immigration audit tool.
That’s the line being crossed, universal surveillance infrastructure for non-security civil enforcement.
Not just “more aggressive.” Categorically different use case.
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