Buzzfeed News Reporters Talal Ansari and Siraj Datoo profiled several Muslim immigrants who were pressured by FBI agents to become informants in exchange for citizenship in their article “Welcome to America — Now Spy on Your Friends.” While the practice is illegal,it continues to occur, according to the investigation. This coercive recruitment not only affects the lives of the harmless people attempting to gain citizenship, and but has an influence on the quality of intelligence the FBI gathers in its fight against terrorism.
Source: wnyc.org