A bombshell investigation just revealed that the Department of Homeland Security is rushing to implement an invasive and untested facial recognition surveillance program, with a goal of targeting 100% of international travelers at the nation’s most popular airports by 2021.

The expansion of face scanning technology, which has repeatedly been shown to be inaccurate and to exhibit racial and gender bias, is the result of an Executive Order from the White House, mandating the collection of biometric information from travelers entering and exiting the US.

We’ve all grown accustomed to security at airports, but this program is dangerous. There’s no evidence that biometric surveillance makes us safer—but it’s incredibly invasive. The automated facial recognition scanning is being conducted by the government through partnerships with private airlines, without meaningful limits on what those corporations can do with our sensitive biometric information once it’s collected.

But here’s the good news: Homeland Security is supposed to hold a public “rulemaking process,” before implementing privacy-invading technology like this. It appears they completely skipped that step. Now, two US Senators, one Republican and one Democrat, are calling on the government to immediately “pause” the program pending an investigation into its efficacy and privacy concerns.

This is not a left or right issue. It’s an issue of basic freedom. Sign the petition to tell your senator: “Facial recognition technology is invasive and ineffective. Please join other Senators in calling for the Department of Homeland Security to stop its plan for biometric surveillance at airports.”