“President Donald Trump, an avowed fan of stop-and-frisk policing, now aims to take those practices national. His executive order requires federal law enforcement to treat a non-citizen’s failure to register or to carry proof of registration as a civil and criminal enforcement priority, punishable anywhere from one to six months in federal prison.”

In the wake of a new federal regulation to establish a universal registration scheme for non-citizens, Anthony Enriquez explains the harms of registration schemes, including racial profiling, police harassment, and mass surveillance.

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