TRJC Quarterly Newsletter - December 2025

Published on January 19, 2026

In the December issue of the TRJC Quarterly Newsletter, we provided a helpful reminder for those who were traveling over the holiday season: How To Opt Out Of TSA’s Facial Recognition Scan | HuffPost Life.

As Saira Hussain, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, tells HuffPost LIfe: “If there’s no pushback, then [TSA is] just going to keep instituting more and more invasive techniques.”

Advocacy Updates

On October 16, 2025, the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU School of Law submitted a comment urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to withdraw its proposal to collect social media identifiers from individuals applying for immigration-related benefits.

Planning for Spring events or continuing education?

NACDL’s 19th Annual Forensics Seminar, “Making Sense of Science: Forensic Science, Technology & the Law” will be held at the Sahara Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, April 23-25, 2026.

To see more campaigns/projects, job opportunities, and more, read the full December 2025 Newsletter.

If you have questions or feedback on this issue of the newsletter, please reach out to us at [email protected]. 

Other news

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

December 4, 2025
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.Read full articleSource: Byron Tau and Garance Burke - AP News (November 20, 2025)Photo Illustration: Wired Staff, Getty Images

ICE surveillance under review, inspector general says

February 18, 2026
In response to a call from two U.S. Senators, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has announced an audit of ICE surveillance and collection of citizens’ personal data. Read full articleSource: Alfred Ng - Politico (February 6, 2026) Photo Illustration: Madison Swart/Getty Images