DHS sued over allegedly intimidating and tracking observers : NPR
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Key Points:
- Colleen Fagan, a social worker in Portland, Maine, recorded federal agents scanning her face and license plate during an immigration enforcement operation, after which an agent called her a "domestic terrorist," sparking a viral video and a federal class action lawsuit.
- The lawsuit alleges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its sub-agencies are violating the First Amendment by retaliating against people lawfully observing and recording immigration enforcement through surveillance and labeling them domestic terrorists.
- DHS officials deny the existence of a database of domestic terrorists, but the lawsuit and multiple witness accounts claim federal agents use facial recognition and license plate scanning tools to intimidate observers by revealing personal information and threatening them.
- Plaintiffs in the lawsuit report being threatened with inclusion
