American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Statement for House Homeland Security Committee

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ACLU Statement for House Homeland Security Committee (7/17/2008)

For hearing on the Challenge of Alligning Programs, Personnel, and Resources to Achieve Border Security

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Description: The American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") commends the House Committee on Homeland Security for conducting a hearing on the challenges faced by the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") in aligning programs, personnel, and resources to achieve border security. The ACLU urges the Committee to exercise rigorous oversight of DHS’s inspection, detention, and deportation practices at the international borders and ports of entry. This written statement addresses a range of problematic DHS practices in immigration interrogation, detention, and removal, as well as DHS’s collection of personal data on millions of U.S. citizens, its use and misuse of that data, and its attempts to build an ever-expanding surveillance infrastructure. Collectively, these practices illustrate how DHS has mismanaged and abused its authority, wasted valuable human resources, and pursued practices that are terrifying immigrant communities around the country.
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