Multiple states including Texas and Florida are halting or dismantling Flock Safety's automated license plate reader networks following bipartisan federal legislation threatening funding cuts and revelations from hackers showing the cameras collect more data than previously disclosed.
The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security has been deploying an obscure legal maneuver to attempt to obtain private information on journalists, non-profit organizations, and labor unions, raising concerns about government overreach and surveillance.
The Department of Homeland Security launched 'Operation Puppet Master' to surveil and investigate local anti-ICE efforts just days after federal immigration agents killed a nurse in Minneapolis, targeting labor unions and activist groups.
The Trump administration conducted expansive surveillance of churches, labor unions, libraries, and civil society groups in Minneapolis following ICE's killing of nurse Alex Pretti in January. The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice spent months infiltrating and monitoring left-leaning organizations during protests against immigration enforcement operations.
