Statewatch | EU prepares to give US direct access to police and immigration databases
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The massive increase in violent immigration raids, detention and deportation underway in the US has put off many people from visiting the country. Soon there may be yet another reason to think twice about taking a trip to the “land of the free”: US immigration and law enforcement agencies could be given the power to search European databases, to identify people posing “a threat to US security.”

The EU is planning to strike a deal with the US that would let the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies search European databases to identify people posing “a threat to US security,” according to a proposal published by the European Commission at the end of July.

  • fartographer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Whatever the possibly good, but probably bad, intentions there are to this decision, it’s still courting disaster.

    Let’s say your neighbor beats half of their kids and all of their kids’ friends. And this neighbor is not shy about it; in fact, they publicly brag about this. And let’s say that they tell you that your kids should come over to play some video games, but that you need to introduce your kids to them first, so that they don’t accidentally beat your kids.

    You know what you do in that situation? You don’t let your kids visit the fucking child-abuse house!

    Don’t let your government share your data with us. We’re definitely going to abuse your data, and we’re still gonna arrest you when you visit. We’re holding a burning fuse in our closed fist—don’t get closer to see if we’re gonna blow our hand off. Run away as fast as you can before you get our mess on yourself.