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ICE to test smartwatch-like tracking devices for migrants facing deportation
Washington — U.S.A. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday unveiled a smartwatch-like device to track migrants released from federal immigration custody, saying the technology could help the government monitor a small fraction of the millions of individuals with pending deportation cases.
The wrist monitor, which uses GPS technology, will be the latest device used by ICE to track migrants enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program, an agency initiative that the Biden administration has vastly expanded to supervise migrants determined not to pose a risk to public safety. or national security, such as asylum-seekers processed along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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ICE has previously used ankle monitors, phone calls and a mobile app with facial recognition technology to monitor those placed in the detention program alternatives, which Biden administration officials have said is a cheaper and more humane way to ensure immigrants comply with their immigration procedures. their detention in detention centres.
More than 5 million immigrants face deportation as part of ICE's non-detainee case file, which has swelled under President Biden amid record concerns along the southern border. However, ICE does not have the staff or resources to detain or monitor all immigrants with deportation cases.
As of earlier this month, nearly 250,000 immigrants were monitored under the Alternatives to Detention initiative, while another 25,000 were detained in ICE's network of county and for-profit jails, according to agency data.
The watches will be tested on a trial basis over several weeks and will be presented to 50 adult immigrants facing deportation near Denver, according to an ICE official who
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