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A draft Department of Homeland Security report calls for long-term surveillance of Sunni Muslim immigrants as a domestic counterterrorism measure.
The draft, obtained by Foreign Policy, reveals those fitting “at-risk” profiles would be targeted for the continuous vetting by the Homeland Security community. The report identifies a young, male Sunni Muslim residents with origins in “the Middle East, South Asia, or Africa” as being potentially “vulnerable to terrorist narratives.”
The recommendation was made after reviewing the 25 terrorist attacks in the U.S. between Oct. 2001 and Dec. 2017. The report draft concludes there would be “great value for the United States Government in dedicating resources to continuously evaluate persons of interest.
Despite this being a far from finished product or policy, there are already claims that such practices could be unfair and discriminatory.
