The NSEERS profiling program produced zero terrorism convictions in its decade of operation.

Evidence

The men were interviewed, fingerprinted, and photographed by federal officials. According to data provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), between September 11, 2002, and June 1, 2003, almost 128,000 Arab and Muslim men were registered at their US port of entry, while approximately 83,000 Arabs and Muslims already residing in the United States were registered. While the DHS initially indicated that targeting men from these nationalities was necessary for national security, in 2011 the department reversed course and suspended the program, noting that collecting such data “no longer provides any increase in security.” A grand total of zero terrorism convictions resulted from the program. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 566

Categorization

• QUESTION: The question of what security benefit profiling could ever plausibly deliver is left empirically unanswered — the DHS itself conceded none.
• XREF: connects to: NSEERS registered eighty-three thousand immigrants but produced zero terrorism convictions — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 447; NYPD’s anti-Muslim surveillance produced zero terrorism leads over six years — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 32; NSEERS targeted 83,000 immigrants yet produced zero terrorism convictions — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 551

Broader Connections

• NSEERS registered eighty-three thousand immigrants but produced zero terrorism convictions #corroborates (1.00) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 447
• NYPD’s anti-Muslim surveillance produced zero terrorism leads over six years #complicates (0.60) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 32