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Court bars AAMVA from giving away driver’s license data — for now
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/09/14/court-bars-aamva-from-giving-away-drivers-license-data-for-now/
Published: September 14, 2026 11:47
Last Thursday, September 10th, Judge Anthony Trenga of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia heard arguments on whether his temporary restraining order (TRO) barring the bulk transfer of commercial driver’s license records from the…
9th Circuit upholds injunction against cash transaction reporting order
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/09/01/9th-circuit-upholds-injunction-against-cash-transaction-reporting-order/
Published: September 1, 2026 22:33
In March 2025 we reported on an order from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the US Department of the Treasury commanding all money transfer agencies and currency exchanges in seven counties in California and Texas along the US-Mexico…
Airline reservations are still being used to target dissidents
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/08/31/airline-reservations-are-still-being-used-to-target-dissidents/
Published: August 31, 2026 21:21
Much of the public interest in the case of Samuel Tunick has focused on the charge — carrying up to a five-tear prision sentence — that Mr. Tunick “destroyed property to prevent its seizure” by the government by giving Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)…
SFO evades criticism of its role in immigration enforcement
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/08/30/sfo-evades-criticism-of-its-role-in-immigration-enforcement/
Published: August 31, 2026 02:46
At the San Francisco Airport Commission meeting on August 15th, a dozen members of the public (video, Mission Local, SF Public Press) called on the Airport Commission to comply with San Francisco’s “Sanctuary City” ordinance, which prohibits use of S.F.…
DHS demands AAMVA’s national commercial driver database
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/08/14/dhs-demands-aamvas-national-commercial-driver-database/
Published: August 15, 2026 02:33
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has subpoenaed the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) for a copy of all entries in the CDLIS national database of state-issued commercial driver’s licenses held by AAMVA. The…
“Can SFO rein in the feds?”
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/07/31/can-sfo-rein-in-the-feds/
Published: August 1, 2026 01:21
As discussed in a feature article today by Clara-Sophia Daly on Mission Local, recent searches and arrests of passengers trying to board domestic flights at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) have prompted us to question what the airport has done,…
Gov. Newsom signs law to upload California data to national ID database
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/07/16/gov-newsom-signs-law-to-upload-california-data-to-national-id-database/
Published: July 16, 2026 15:07
Ignoring objections from grassroots organizations from diverse communities throughout the state and a litany of lies to the legislature from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Gov. Gavin Newson signed a bill into law this week which…
Did California’s DMV Director lie to the legislature?
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/07/01/did-californias-dmv-director-lie-to-the-legislature/
Published: July 1, 2026 18:03
As part of their lobbying of the California legislature to change state law and appropriate $55 million to upload information about all California driver’s licenses and state-issued non-driver ID cards to the privately-held SPEXS national ID database, the…
California legislature agrees to upload driver’s licenses to national database
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/06/27/california-legislature-agrees-to-upload-drivers-licenses-to-national-database/
Published: June 27, 2026 18:24
Withdrawing its opposition under behind-the-scenes pressure from Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawless threats from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the California legislature has agreed to fund and revise state law to authorize the upload of…
Arizona governor vetoes bill to end REAL-ID compliance
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/06/24/arizona-governor-vetoes-bill-to-end-real-id-compliance/
Published: June 24, 2026 19:27
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed  a bill which would have ended the state’s compliance with the Federal REAL-ID Act. Like many other states, Arizona gives applicants for driver’s licenses or non-driver IDs two options: a “travel ID” that is issued…