Selectee List status forces repeated physical searches and questioning on every flight

Evidence

Asked what this heightened security entailed, Hamza described requirements consistent with being on the Selectee List. He had to check in with a ticket agent, where he had to answer a series of questions about where he was traveling and why. At the security checkpoint after he showed his ticket to a TSA agent, he was always singled out, pulled out of the security line, and subjected to the handheld magnetometer and a pat down. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 174

Categorization

  • XREF: The always-singled-out, always-patted-down routine is the visceral ‘how the fear touches bodies’ material the reader prioritizes — repeated, predictable, unescapable physical intrusion.