Getting ticketed for blowing through a red light isn't "authoritarianism"

This discussion isn't really about red light or speed cameras, although they suck in different ways. They are technically "license plate cameras", but they only capture for a specific purpose. ALPR cameras are about a surveillance dragnet over the whole city, tracking people who are not accused of anything.

Nor is getting reinstated to your home country of origin when you are here illegitimatly.