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Illinois state officials have given national rental car companies official notice that immigration enforcement agents using their vehicles are not allowed to swap the rental’s assigned license plates for other plates to disguise the vehicles, and if they do, the rental car companies could be held liable.

According to documents obtained by NBC News via the Freedom of Information Act, the Illinois secretary of state’s office sent letters to at least 19 national car rental headquarters stating that they had received public complaints of immigration agents switching license plates on rented vehicles when Operation Midway Blitz, an extensive government deportation operation, was active in the Chicago area.

The letters were sent to Alamo, Enterprise, Budget, Hertz, Ace and other vehicle rental companies. They did not respond to requests for comment.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 128 points 1 day ago (19 children)

.... And they basically admitted it.

“Our operators comply with federal law and, consistent with the Supremacy Clause, endeavor to comply with state law except where doing so could compromise or interfere with the federal mission and operations,” the DHS said.

Which basically is another way of saying "We do what we want and Illinois can fuck off".

[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Operators" is also an interesting way to describe their officers/agents. They're trying to conflate themselves with the military, specifically special operations.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

No, I think in this case they may be referencing the relevant Illinois statute. I bet it refers to "Motor Vehicle Operators".

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