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DHS cancels national license plate tracking plan

Posted on February 19, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

Ellen Nakashima and Josh Hicks report:

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday ordered the cancelation of a plan by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to develop a national license plate tracking system after privacy advocates raised concern about the initiative.

The order came just days after ICE solicited proposals from companies to compile a database of license plate information from commercial and law enforcement tag readers.

Read more on the Washington Post.

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