DHS Cancels National License Plate Tracking System
Ordered by DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a plan by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to seek a national license plate tracking system.
The order came in the wake of a story by The Washington Post reporting that ICE last week solicited proposals from companies to compile a database of license plate information from commercial and law enforcement tag readers.
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Come to NH, the only state in the union where tag readers are illegal.