Courts: DMV must release details on communication with ICE

(The Center Square) – After the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles over redacted conversations with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal court ordered the DMV to release its communication records.

The decision comes a full year after ACLU Nevada first requested records from the DMV on its communication with the ICE. The DMV has now been ordered to submit the full extent of these records to the court, while the plaintiff’s concerns continue over potential data privacy issues for the public.

“Data should not be disclosed unlawfully, and the government should always be required to comply with the law,” ACLU of Nevada Executive Director Athar Haseebullah told The Center Square. “Sharing that information with ICE, or with anyone else, creates serious issues in terms of data maintenance and the privacy that everybody in the state holds.”

The ACLU ...