In a nation where the right to watch power is as old as the republic itself, a federal lawsuit filed by Common Cause asks whether citizens may still stand witness to their government's enforcement actions without becoming targets themselves. The organization accuses the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement of systematically photographing, following, and detaining peaceful observers at immigration enforcement sites across the country. The case arrives at a moment when the boundaries between civic accountability and federal authority are being actively conteste