'Corralled' and 'kept an eye on' translates more to 'I will control you and use you to my benefit when I say so' but that may just be me.
Similar thoughts, though. Many people back home are enhanced by powers or technology and governments wanted a way to control their actions by creating a registry. If you opposed it, you were a criminal and that was the side I chose. I've used powers pertaining the mind to keep safe and to avoid bloodshed.