War on Terror tactics used abroad were reimported to police domestic Muslims.

Evidence

The last twenty years have seen a massive increase in deportations under both Republican and Democratic administrations, along with surveillance, immigration raids, and racial profiling. The Patriot Act, enacted hastily within forty-five days of the 9/11 attacks, was directed at keeping the United States secure by expanding law enforcement authority against those inside or at the borders. The legislation also mandated the sharing of data across state and federal law enforcement agencies, sparking a boom in surveillance tech. Furthermore, United States counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies used abroad in the Global War on Terror have been reimported back into the homeland to be deployed against domestic 190. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 267

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: The domestic Muslim enemy is fought with the same methods as the foreign one — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 613; The War on Terror exported Muslim-suspicion doctrine that nations adapted locally — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 67; CIA surveillance technology deployed abroad was used domestically against Muslims. (+6 more)

Broader Connections