Electronic surveillance

Addressing unjust US surveillance policies

As the new administration’s rhetoric around maintaining public safety reaches a fever pitch, cutting-edge surveillance technologies are being rolled out and used on the American public — often without the public’s knowledge or consent, and often without judicial authorization.

With the Supreme Court allowing parts of President Trump’s Muslim ban to go into effect, Attorney General Sessions removing oversight of local police and expanding prosecution of immigrants, the expansion of a virtual border is widening and its targets — indigenous groups, communities of color and immigrant communities — are narrowing. But members of Congress hold the power to put a halt to this — or at least enact significant reforms to existing surveillance policies.