The men were interviewed, fingerprinted, and photographed by federal officials. According to data provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), between September 11, 2002, and June 1, 2003, almost 128,000 Arab and Muslim men were registered at their US port of entry, while approximately 83,000 Arabs and Muslims already residing in the United States were registered. While the DHS initially indicated that targeting men from these nationalities was necessary for national security, in 2011 the department reversed course and suspended the program, noting that collecting such data "no longer provides any increase in security." A grand total of zero terrorism convictions resulted from the program.

XREF: Connects to post-9/11 civil liberties literature and surveillance-state critiques.

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