Posted on 10/12/2016 10:00:54 AM PDT by Kaslin
According to recent reports along the U.S. border with Mexico, the number of illegal immigrants trying to enter the United States is again spiking, and could rival the wave of illegal crossings in 2014. Facing this problem, one would hope that a priority for federal immigration officials would be to focus on employing new technologies to improve chances for catching criminals who have thus come into our country. Federal immigration officials, however, appear more interested in using new-fangled technology to intimidate and harass American citizens who decide simply to drop by lawful gun shows.
As discovered in an analysis of government emails by the Wall Street Journal, a joint program between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials has been using license plate-reading technology to track gun show attendees. According to the Journal, the program dates back to 2010, and likely spread far beyond the original target area of southern California. It is possible that if you have attended a gun show in any state in the last the half-decade, your personal information is now stored in a government database.
To make matters worse, ICE apparently has no explicit policy in place limiting the use of license plate readers, or how information gathered thus far is shared with other agencies, or how it is stored and for how long. As we’ve seen previously in states like Maryland, which allegedly used concealed carry permit data shared with them through the shady and unaccountable network of intelligence “Fusion Centers,” it is conceivable that personal information collected from gun shows can be, and likely will be, used to target innocent Americans now and in the future. After all, a person would not even have to purchase a firearm at one of these gun shows to end up in a law enforcement database.
That said, I generally don't go to gunshows.
To much of a hassel and you are not going to get any deals unless maybe a specific collector.
Sounds great - I’ll have to drive over the bridge, visit a gun show, and drive back. Then hope I get pulled over. If they ask to look in the trunk, I’ll say they need a warrant first - nothing like tying them up in court ...
If I ever go to a gun show I will use Uber or Lyft to get there.
This implies that ICE has a database of cars registered to illegal aliens.
OR, that ICE is passing non-immigration information to other federal agencies.
This implies that ICE has a database of cars registered to illegal aliens.
OR, that ICE is passing non-immigration information to other federal agencies.
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ICE has nothing else to do after the obama ‘stand down’ orders from preezy along with the do not deport status quo.
I did that too LOL.
The entire current admin views law abiding gun owners as criminals.
The reality is that ‘they’ have been taking down plate numbers at gun shows and other events that interest them for years. They now just have technology that can do it fast.
True.
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