A group of Democratic lawmakers sent letters to several state governors, including Arizona, California, and Wisconsin whose states are immigration authorities.

The letterthat First reported by Reuterstold the governors that their states give us immigration immigration and customs enforcement (other Police agencies of all Police personnel

Nlets facilitate the sharing of personal data of state residents, in this case driving data, between state, local police agencies.

Lawmakers asked the group of governors to stop the practice and to cut off access to ice and “other federal agencies that are now acting like Trump’s shock troops.”

Ice and Nlets did not immediately respond to techCrunch’s request for comment.

For two decades, the majority of states have made data on their residents, such as driver’s licenses and other information to the Department of Motor Sasikero state agencies and local agencies state and local agencies state and local search This practice allows agencies to directly access the data of residents without the knowledge or participation of any employee of the State, according to the letter.

The letter said it is possible that ice is using driver’s license photos for its facial application app called Mobile Palig-on, which is used by traffic agents and relies on 200 million photos.

According to the letter, nlets has facilitated “over 290 million queries for DMV data,” with more than 290,000 queries coming off ice before October 1, 2025.

“It is now clear that a major reason some states have locked down the data they share through nlets is because of an information gap,” the letter reads. “Due to the technical complexity of the Nlets system, few state government officials understand how their state shares data with their residents and federal and state agencies,” read the letter.

The letter says that blocking agencies’ “irreversible access” will not prevent federal agencies from obtaining information from serious crimes to abuse data requests.

Legislators noted that some states, including Illinois, New York, Minocheyetts, MinnestaTa, that the nation’s importance of nlets, and reminded the governors that it is time to stop.