Democrats like Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) asked how federal immigration authorities could be legally barred from accessing Flock data, and about potential loopholes, which one witness said could be as simple as getting a sympathetic local officer to perform a search on the agency’s behalf. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) asked whether officers in states that restrict abortion access could track people seeking reproductive care across state lines. On the Republican side, Hawley pointed out that similar concerns could apply for gun owners. “For those of us who are supporters of the Second Amendment, we’ve long feared national databases of any kind. You could easily put these cameras up in front of a gun show or near a gun store or a range. You can put them up in front of pregnancy care centers, and you can do all the same things that Senator Booker was talking about,” Hawley said.
