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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).
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/
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.
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?