Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Cindy Kohn
“Dangerously unchecked surveillance and rights violations have been a throughline of the Department of Homeland Security since the agency’s creation in the wake of the September 11th attacks. In particular, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been responsible for countless civil liberties and digital rights violations since that time. In the past year, however, ICE and CBP have descended into utter lawlessness, repeatedly refusing to exercise or submit to the democratic accountability required by the Constitution and our system of laws.” (01/26/26)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/eff-statement-lawless-actions-ice-and-cbp