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Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

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