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And take note that this screed is speaking against conducting this type of surveillance on illegals, who we actually need to survey in this manner (not "surveil", which is not a word).

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surveil

English

Verb

surveil (third-person singular simple present surveils, present participle surveilling, simple past and past participle surveilled)

transitive, US) To keep someone or something under surveillance.

Usage notes
Found without any comment in major American dictionaries, and in some British dictionaries. Collins recognizes it as either American or British. The 2015 edition of Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage labels it as “mostly AmE”. Unrecognized by OED.