Plenty of us knew that the Patriot Act was a mistake. Homeland Security was never implemented in a way justified by the Constitution. The feds tried to take away our freedom and they hoped that we would feel safer because of it.
The federales had every ambition of depriving illegal aliens and enemy aliens of their opportunity of depriving US of our rights.
“We’re here to help you; Mission creep” never ends well for the American people. Social Security, Medicare, EPA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, TSA, 0bamacare (includes student loans), etc.
Ben Franklin warned us of this over 200 years ago.