Investigate DHS Abuse of Customs Summons to Surveil Journalists and Unions

You need to investigate and stop the Department of Homeland Security's abuse of 19 USC 1509, a customs enforcement statute, to secretly obtain private records on journalists, unions, and nonprofits with zero judicial oversight. This is a direct assault on First and Fourth Amendment rights, and it's happening right now. DHS used this customs law to obtain six months of phone records covering more than 10,000 calls and texts from journalist Georgia Fort's T-Mobile account. When a federal judge twice rejected the government's warrant requests for Fort's and Don Lemon's YouTube data, citing lack of probable cause, DHS simply bypassed him and issued a 1509 summons instead. No judge. No probable cause. No notification to the targets. DHS also used the same tactic to pull financial records from the Sunrise Movement, SEIU, and the Communications Workers of America — none of them charged with any crime. Former DHS Inspector General John Roth called it "outrageous conduct" and "an improper use of the subpoena under any circumstances." Congress never intended this customs statute to be a surveillance free-for-all. The DHS's own inspector general flagged misuse of these summonses back in 2017 and demanded reforms. Those reforms were ignored. Demand a full accounting of how many 1509 summonses DHS has issued, who was targeted, and what was obtained. Then close this loophole before it swallows the free press entirely.