Lawsuit alleges DHS spied on protesters and used revocation of Global Entry as retaliation

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A San Diego woman, April Walker, alleges in a federal suit that Homeland Security used facial-recognition and license-plate data to surveil peaceful observers of immigration enforcement and retaliate by revoking her Global Entry status, later reinstated after media inquiry. The suit claims a secret Protester Surveillance Policy led to similar actions against other women in Minnesota and South Carolina, seeks to invalidate the policy and bar further collection of protected First Amendment activity data; DHS denies revoking memberships for exercising rights and says trusted traveler statuses depend on risk factors.
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