PART OF YOUR THURSDAY MORNING.

WE’LL BE BACK FOR A FEW MINUTES

AND THROUGH THE REST OF THE

WORKWEEK.

>>> NOW LEAK DOCUMENTS FROM A

GOVERNMENT SOURCE FEARED IT IS

WARRANTED.

>> FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE BEEN

COLLECTING AND COMPILING

INFORMATION ON AMERICAN

CITIZENS.

>> SCREENED SHOTS OF THE

INTERNAL DATABASE WERE PROVIDED

TO NBC 7 BY A HOMELAND SECURITY

SOURCE.

INDIVIDUALS ON THE LIST INCLUDES

JOURNALISTS AND ATTORNEYS AND

DOZENS OF OTHERS LABELED BY THE

U.S. GOVERNMENT AS AN ORGANIZER

OR INSTIGATOR.

THEY ALL HAVE CONNECTION TO THE

BORDER.

>> Reporter: IN DECEMBER 2018, A

MIGRANT CARAVAN FROM HONDURAS

WAS HEADED TOWARDS THE TEJUANA,

SAN DIEGO BORDER.

ATTORNEYS AND JOURNALISTS, AND

INCLUDING FREELANCE PHOTO LIST.

>> Reporter: SHE CROSSED THE

BORDER DOZENS OF TIMES FOR WORK.

>> I WAS TRANSPARENT OF WHAT I

WAS DOING.

I WOULD TELL THEM I AM

PHOTOGRAPHING THE SHELTER.

>> Reporter: IN THE MONTH THAT

FOL

FOLLOWS OF THE COVERAGE OF THE

CARAVAN.

SOME OF THEM TOLD NBC 7

INVESTIGATES THEY SUSPECTED THE

U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS MONITORING

THEM CLOSELY.

THESE DOCUMENTS GIVEN TO NBC 7

SHOWS THEIR CONCERNS ARE

WARRANTED.

NBC 7 INVESTIGATES DISCOVERED IT

IS LISTED IN THE DATABASE.

IT IS ONLY ASSESSABLE BY AGENTS

OR BORDER PROTECTION.

>> I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY.

>> Reporter: THE TITLE PAGE

INDIVIDUALS AS QUOTE AS

"ORGANIZERS, INSTIGATORS, TIED

TO THE CARAVAN."

THE DOCUMENTS SHOW THEIR PHOTOS

FROM THEIR PASSPORT BUT IN SOME

CASES FROM THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA

ACCOUNT.

THE PROFILE INCLUDES INFORMATION

OF DATE OF BIRTH AND THEIR ROLE

IN CONNECTION OF THE CARAVAN.

ALSO INCLUDED OF A DOSSIER.

NBC 7 WAS ONLY ABLE TO REVIEW

ONE DOSSIER THAT INCLUDED A

MOTHER’S NAME AND TRAVEL

HISTORY.

THE DOCUMENT SHOWS PLACE ALERTS

ON MOST OF THE INDIVIDUAL

PASSPORTS.

SOME HAVE AN X OVER THE PHOTO

INDICATED WHETHER THEY WERE

ARRESTED OR INTERVIEWED.

THOSE ALERTS KEPT THREE PHOTO

JOURNALISTS AND AN ATTORNEY

ENTERING MEXICO FOR WORK.

A SPOKESPERSON DID NOT ANSWER

NBC’S 7 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE

DATABASE.

BY E-MAIL, THE PERSON SAYS

CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF SAN DIEGO

ARE ROUTINE LIMOLY MONITORED AN

INVESTIGATED BY AUTHORITIES.

SHE SAYS SHE HAS NOTHING TO

HIDE.

NO AGENDA OTHER AN COVERING

POLITICAL ISSUES HAPPENING

AROUND WORLD.

>> I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT

PEOPLE ARE HOPING TO FIND -- I

DON’T KNOW, I HAVE SO MANY

QUESTIONS.

I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN

ANSWERS.

>> THIS AFTERNOON, FIVE DAYS

AFTER CBC GAVE US THEIR

STATEMENT, THEY’RE TELLING OUR

COLLEAGUES AT NBC NEWS THE NAMES

AND THE DATABASE ARE ALL PEOPLE

WHO WERE PRESENT DURING THE

VIOLENCE THAT BROKE OUT AT THE

BORDER IN NOVEMBER.

THEY ARE BEING TRACKED SO THE

AGENCY CAB LEARN MORE.

CBC NEVER CLARIFIED THAT POINT

TO US.

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