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ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it (text.npr.org)
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On an evening in late January, Emily was driving through her Minneapolis neighborhood doing something that had become part of her routine in recent weeks: patrolling for ICE.

Emily, who NPR is only identifying by her first name because she fears retribution from the federal government, says she followed an ICE vehicle at a safe distance into a parking lot. "And then someone leaned out of the passenger side of that SUV and took a picture of me and my car," she says.

Emily says she decided to leave at that point, but the SUV made a sudden U-turn and barreled towards her, braking next to her driver's side window. A female agent wearing a gaiter-style mask rolled down the window, leaned out — and addressed Emily by name.

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[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

yeah, you're literally driving a vehicle with a license plate tied to someone typically directly related to, if not your information.

police could have done that 15 years ago, but they wanted you to always confirm who you are as verification so they asked... but they always knew names/faces/address before even approaching your car.