US senator calls veterans affairs’ data collection of non-citizen workers ‘thinly veiled effort to instill fear’

In letter to VA and DHS, Adam Schiff expressed alarm after Guardian reported on memo to gather information

Adam Schiff, a US senator, is expressing alarm in a letter to the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Homeland Security (DHS), following a report from the Guardian that revealed the VA was gathering data on its “non-citizen” workforce.

The VA told the Guardian some of the information gathered could be shared with other agencies for immigration enforcement purposes.