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  Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US "Leroy N. Soetoro" <democrat-insurrection@mail.house.gov> - 2024-12-27 22:39 +0000
    Re: Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US "Scout" <me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> - 2024-12-27 16:58 -0600

#145705 — Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-app-migrants-deportations-consulates-
09655e742f2918803881a32620e384ef

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow 
migrants to warn relatives and local consulates if they think they are 
about to be detained by the U.S. immigration department, a senior official 
said Friday.

The move is in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to carry 
out mass deportations after he takes office on Jan. 20.

The app has been rolled out for small-scale testing and “appears to be 
working very well,” said Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Mexico’s secretary of 
foreign affairs.

He said the app would allow users to press a tab that would send an alert 
notification to previously chosen relatives and the nearest Mexican 
consulate. De la Fuente described it as a sort of panic button.

“In case you find yourself in a situation where detention is imminent, you 
push the alert button, and that sends a signal to the nearest consulate,” 
he said.

U.S. authorities are obliged to give notice to home-country consulates 
when a foreign citizen is detained. Mexico says it has beefed up consular 
staff and legal aid to help migrants in the legal process related to 
deportation.

De la Fuente expects the app to be rolled out in January. He didn’t say 
whether the app has a de-activation tab that would allow someone to 
rescind an alert if they weren’t really detained.

The government says it has also set up a call center staffed 24 hours a 
day to answer migrants’ questions.

The Mexican government estimates there are 11.5 million migrants with some 
form of legal residency in the United States, and 4.8 million without 
legal residency or proper documents.


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"Leroy N. Soetoro" <democrat-insurrection@mail.house.gov> wrote in message 
news:lnsB255950A013E96F089P2473@0.0.0.1...
> https://apnews.com/article/mexico-app-migrants-deportations-consulates-
> 09655e742f2918803881a32620e384ef
>
> MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow
> migrants to warn relatives and local consulates if they think they are
> about to be detained by the U.S. immigration department, a senior official
> said Friday.

Sweet, now we can simply use cell towers to triangulate on such phones and 
know exactly when, and where they illegally entered the US so that border 
patrol can pick them up.
 

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