The government reclassified minor immigration violations as terrorism cases to inflate success

Evidence

To declare victory in its purported “war on terror,” the government systematically miscategorized detentions and deportations of detainees guilty of minor immigration violations as terrorism cases. — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt, 104

Categorization

• CANDY: A punchy, tweetable indictment: the war on terror’s ‘victories’ were minor immigration detentions relabeled.