Los Angeles Times: DHS surveilled peaceful protesters and then yanked their Global Entry, federal lawsuit alleges

“The lawsuit was filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and three legal observers around the country, including Walker, who allege they have been subjected to Homeland Security surveillance and retaliation after peacefully monitoring federal immigration enforcement activity. They are represented by Democracy Forward and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.”

“’When our government compiles secret dossiers on everyday people for exercising their constitutional rights, it sends a chilling message: if you speak up, watch your back,’ EPIC’s deputy director and director of enforcement, John Davisson, said in a statement. ‘If every protest, every recording, every act of dissent opens us up to surveillance and retribution, privacy and free speech are at risk of collapse.'”

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