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moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US

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Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and consulates if they think they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration officials.
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    Wouldn’t that just create a database of targets?

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      This is so their relatives know that they’re being sucked into the US ICE void. It’s a precaution to try and help ensure people don’t “disappear” for good. There have been hundreds, if not thousands, of people becoming “mysteriously lost” after being detained by US authorities.

      https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/news/2021/8/30/detained-and-disappeared-new-report-documents-hundreds-of-disappearances-in-us-immigration-detention-system

      This isn’t a Trump/GOP-only problem, but the GOP seem hell bent to make it even worse, so Mexico is preparing for that.

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        Oh I believe their good intentions, I just worry about people with bad intentions abusing it.

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        💀🙏

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      Too late for that if you’re currently being detained.

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        Well yeah but now their relatives would also be on the list.

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          There is that, potentially.

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      I mean it’s by the Mexican government so it shouldn’t be available to the people targeting migrants in the US.

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