1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

As your constituent and a concerned Texan, I write regarding the Department of Homeland Security's recent elimination of protections against intelligence gathering based on gender identity or sexual orientation. This expansion of federal surveillance authority raises serious questions that I believe warrant your attention as a defender of constitutional liberties: 1) **Government Overreach:** Allowing profiling based on personal characteristics rather than probable cause represents precisely the kind of bureaucratic overreach conservatives have long opposed. The federal government has no business monitoring citizens without individualized suspicion. 2) **Slippery Slope:** If DHS can target individuals based on gender identity today, what prevents similar profiling of religious or political affiliations tomorrow? This sets a dangerous precedent that could impact all Americans. 3) **Texas Values:** Our state has consistently stood for limited government and personal privacy. These principles are undermined when any administration - Republican or Democratic - claims authority to monitor citizens based on who they are rather than what they've done. I urge you to: • Demand DHS provide legal justification for this policy change • Support amendments to FY2025 Homeland Security appropriations prohibiting funds for identity-based surveillance • Oppose any reauthorization of FISA Section 702 without explicit protections against such profiling This is not a partisan issue, but a matter of consistent constitutional governance. I would appreciate your response detailing how you plan to address this expansion of federal surveillance powers.