Named Muslim men on the Selectee List endure stacked layers of airport checks

Evidence

Using federally funded lists in airports is one example of how the state institutionalizes and participates in the racialization of Muslim bodies through hypersurveillance because of the War on Terror. The profiling of Muslim men in airports is not random, but systemic. Even after TSA agents interrogated Muslim men and it was determined it was safe for them to board an airplane, they were still subjected to surveillance the next time they flew. The act of being stopped, searched and interrogated publicly because of one’s religious identity confirms to the public your body is suspect and should be surveilled. The examples provided previously show that the state is not targeting specific nationalities or ethnicities, but Muslims in general. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 285 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Airport surveillance differentially targets men via lists and hijab-wearing women via physical searches — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 70; Muslim men are placed on TSA lists based on name similarity to suspected terrorists. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 210; Selectee List status imposes layered redundant security checks on Muslim men. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 230 (+4 more)

Related

• Listed Muslim travelers are routinely pulled for pat-downs at airport checkpoints (similarity 0.97)
• Selectee List status imposes layered redundant security checks on Muslim men. (similarity 0.95)
• Muslim men are placed on TSA lists based on name similarity to suspected terrorists. (similarity 0.92)
• Airport profiling of Muslims is systemic and state-institutionalized rather than random (similarity 0.92)
• TSA Selectee List status subjects Muslim men to repeated layers of airport interrogation (similarity 0.88)
• Airport surveillance differentially targets men via lists and hijab-wearing women via physical searches (similarity 0.88)
• Airports allocate the privilege of unexamined travel along racialized lines (similarity 0.87)
• TSA terror databases hold about one hundred thousand to one million names (similarity 0.87)
• Airport profiling targets Muslims as a religious class, not any specific nationality (similarity 0.87)
• TSA agents profile hijab-wearing Muslim women based on racial cues, not watchlists. (similarity 0.86)
• The Selectee List turns airports into racialized surveillance terrain. (similarity 0.85)
• Airport watchlist scrutiny falls primarily on Muslim men rather than women (similarity 0.85)
• Profiled men misattribute list-based surveillance to their own appearance or behavior (similarity 0.84)
• Even watchlisted Muslims face additional appearance-based profiling (similarity 0.84)
• U.S. terrorist screening lists hold roughly 100,000 to one million names (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Listed Muslim travelers are routinely pulled for pat-downs at airport checkpoints #expands (0.75)
• Airport profiling of Muslims is systemic and state-institutionalized rather than random #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 285
• Even watchlisted Muslims face additional appearance-based profiling #qualifies (0.50)