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The Department of Homeland Security has announced the cancellation of a program that had drawn the ire of privacy advocates nationwide.
Homeland Security Secretary ordered the immediate end to a plan by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to collect data on all license plates in the United States and storing them in a massive database.
ICE officials has claimed in their initial request for proposals that the collection of the plates would help law enforcement be able to find and track fugitives. The database would also be used to help track down immigrants in the country illegally.
“The solicitation, which was posted without the awareness of ICE leadership, has been cancelled,” ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said in prepared statement. “While we continue to support a wide range of technologies to help meet our law enforcement mission, this solicitation will be reviewed to ensure the path forward appropriately meets our operational needs.”
Members of Congress reacted swiftly to the announcement in praising the withdrawal of the proposed program but wondered how something like this could be made public without the knowledge of those in charge of ICE.
