I pulled this from another board, but it applies here:
The ACLU posted an emailable letter with the subject "
Tell Congress to Rein in DHS Travel Abuses." If you click there you can send a customizable email to your US Senators and Representative asking for the following (a partial quote):
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1. Overhaul the broken terrorist watch list.
In July, the terrorist watch list surpassed one million names, and it is growing at over twenty thousand names per month, according to reports by the DOJ Inspector General. Congress needs to rip this list up and start again. It should be limited to actual terrorists. Innocent travelers need a way to get off the watch list and real checks and balances if DHS is non-responsive.
2. Require reasonable suspicion for electronic searches at the border.
According to the published policy of DHS, the government reserves the right to look through any laptop or electronic device crossing the border, saying it is no different from any other luggage. DHS has even seized laptops, holding them indefinitely. The government should have a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing before doing laptop searches.
It's time for some sanity when it comes to security. Yet, in addition to the above abuses, DHS has already started conducting virtual strip searches of travelers using new, invasive scanners. Remarkably, there has even been interest in having every traveler wear an "electro-muscular disruption" bracelet that airline personnel or marshals could use to shock passengers into submission.
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