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by gleenn 42 days ago
It's surprising to me this is news. Governments buy and install this equipment and it flags license plates and anyone thought that wouldn't be used for things like immigration control? I'm not saying it's right, just that it's shocking people wouldn't realize that.
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No one is surprised, but the news is that Flock’s agreement with these pd’s said this was not happening and it’s now been shown it has.
> it's shocking people wouldn't realize that

It's really not. These systems are bought and paid for predominantly by local governments. Most of whom don't spend any resources on immigration enforcement. Some of which have policies prohibiting such co-operation.