Across San Jose, nearly 474 automated license plate reader cameras scan passing vehicles every day, capturing plate numbers, vehicle descriptions, and location.

When you drive the highways of Southern Arizona, the government may be taking a picture of your license plate, recording where you were and when. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has installed ...

In Martinez's case, the face scan didn't find a match and it wasn't until he produced his U.S. passport, which he said he carried for fear of such an encounter, that federal agents let him go. "I had ...

Luis Martinez was on his way to work on a frigid Minneapolis morning when federal agents suddenly boxed him in, forcing the SUV he was driving to a dead stop in the middle of the street.