Local immigrant rights groups are hoping Costa Mesa cancels its contract with Flock, a security hardware company known for its automatic license plate readers.
The city currently has 46 of the company’s cameras placed at key intersections across town. Victor Valladares of Resilience OC, a nonprofit that advocates for the Latino community, claimed that the federal government has access to Flock’s data.
“So, what the Trump administration is doing is obtaining this information as a third-party recipient through Flock; buying this information and tracking our most vulnerable residents,” Valladares said. “We’ve seen this happen throughout the country, and we don’t need this. We don’t need this.”…