The Patriot Act triggered a sustained surveillance boom and mass deportations under both parties.

Evidence

The act expanded the government’s power to conduct surveillance programs and to detain immigrants suspected of supporting terrorism.Passed overwhelmingly by Congress in October 2001 and renewed or extended several times since then, the act expanded the US government’s power to wiretap and conduct surveillance without prior cause, to access private records without oversight, and to detain indefinitely immigrants suspected of supporting terrorism, among other provisions. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 564 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Patriot Act spatially policed the domestic public sphere; The USA PATRIOT Act produced the surveillance society that made Muslim bodies constantly monitored; The Patriot Act grew directly out of 1996 anti-terror and immigration legislation — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 721 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The USA PATRIOT Act produced the surveillance society that made Muslim bodies constantly monitored #expands (0.88)
• The USA PATRIOT Act expanded wiretap and indefinite detention powers without prior cause. #expands (0.82) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 564
• The Patriot Act spatially policed the domestic public sphere #expands (0.78)
• The Patriot Act grew directly out of 1996 anti-terror and immigration legislation #qualifies (0.72) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 721
• The Patriot Act aggravated workplace discrimination by mandating employer investigations. #expands (0.70) — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt, 227