The watchlist database skews heavily toward Arab and Muslim Americans.

Evidence

TIDE comprises 1.1 million names, of which roughly 680,000 are shared with various local, state, and federal agencies (Handeyside 2014). According to the ACLU, the U.S. city with the most denizens on these watchlists is Dearborn, Michigan, which also happens to host the second-­largest Arab American population in the United States (Scahill and Devereaux 2014). It is also the city that has the second-­largest Muslim population in the United States. This strongly indicates the overrepresentation of Arabs and Muslims on these terrorist lists. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 217

Categorization

• XREF: Dearborn as surveillance hotspot connects to earlier chapters on Muslim communities and resonates with the reader’s concern for intimate US-focused evidence. — connects to: Poverty makes Muslim Americans more vulnerable to state surveillance and backlash — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 389; Surveillance targets Muslim Americans based on religious identity regardless of citizenship — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 104; Muslim-sounding names trigger false positives on watchlists. (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Muslim-sounding names trigger false positives on watchlists. #expands (0.80)
• The list itself is a racializing practice targeting Muslim men #expands (0.70)
• Surveillance derives from country-of-origin priority lists that racialize Muslim identity #expands (0.60)
• Airport watchlist scrutiny falls primarily on Muslim men rather than women #expands (0.55)
• Phenotypical stereotypes mark Sikh Americans as Muslims and thereby as targets. #exemplifies (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 270