Since the 2016 election, Congress has woken up to the consequences of allowing social media companies to hold vast stores of information about hundreds of millions of users and use it for their own purposes. But it continues to close its eyes to the dangers of allowing the Department of Homeland Security to tap into the same well of information for immigration decisions.

The centralization of highly personal information in the hands of this powerful agency is detrimental to privacy, opens the door to discrimination and abuse, and threatens freedom of speech and association. Read More…