Originally Posted by GUWonder

Amil's situation doesn't involve any report of a lost or stolen passport; and so strike number 2 above for that when it comes to ESL. Could there be an issue arising from a person being noted for having two ordinary US passports with (some) overlapping validity when only approved to have one valid passport at a time? That's not so easy to strike as the lost/stolen passport thing.

With regard to number 1 above, multiple entries may increase the odds of being ESLed; and check out the following paragraph for an indication of why that can be so and for whom it is more likely to be so.

With regard to whether being perceived as as an ethnic and/or religious minority of some sorts can increase the odds of being ESLed: don't be surprised when told that the people involved in this include those who were very much opposed to efforts to try to further restrict the ability of involved federal entities (and also those entities' contractors) to engage in racist profiling against even Americans. Racist profiling and other prejudices leading to a higher chance of some individuals being ESLed is not just an abstract possibility, it's a systemic part of how this hits and whom it hits disproportionately.