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Can license plate data from California lead to criminal charges in Texas?

Anti-abortion states could prosecute Californians who provide such care to out-of-staters, civil libertarians fear

Mike Eckley, public saftey IT manager for the San Bernardino Police Department, demonstrates the new Automated License Plate Reader. The new technology being employed by the police department will be able to read license plates by cruising down the street. (File photo by Rodrigo Pena/The Press-Enterprise)
Mike Eckley, public saftey IT manager for the San Bernardino Police Department, demonstrates the new Automated License Plate Reader. The new technology being employed by the police department will be able to read license plates by cruising down the street. (File photo by Rodrigo Pena/The Press-Enterprise)
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A vehicle passes by a license-plate reader, at left, while traveling south along Norwalk Boulevard in Los Alamitos in 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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