These hidden devices on California roadways have privacy activists pushing Governor Newsom for their removal

More than two dozen privacy and advocacy organizations are calling on California Governor Gavin Newsom to remove a network of covert license plate readers deployed across Southern California that the groups believe feed data into a controversial U.S. Border Patrol predictive domestic intelligence program that scans the country’s roadways for suspicious travel patterns.

“We ask that your administration investigate and release the relevant permits, revoke them, and initiate the removal of...