ICE launched a pilot program to track detainees with GPS devices that resemble Apple Watches, prompting an outcry from advocates who see it as intrusive.
Certain detainees of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are being told to wear location-tracking watches despite protests from advocates.In a pilot program, individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Colorado are being forced to wear GPS tracking devices designed to look like smartwatches, prompting an outcry from advocacy groups that say that ICE is out of line.
“The wrist-based device is an additional option introduced as part of the program, instituted over eighteen years ago,” Steve Kotecki, an ICE spokesman, tellsAccording to an ICE announcement of this pilot program,"These wrist-worn GPS monitoring devices would supplement existing ATD capabilities for noncitizens who qualify for the non-detained docket in a less obtrusive manner, increasing compliance for participants moving through the immigration process.
Gottlieb says that Department of Homeland Security head Alejandro Mayorkas"must halt the pilot." Andrea Loya of Casa de Paz, which reunites families separated by ICE detention, sent a statement that"President Biden must halt this pilot" and that ICE's contracts should be used for alternatives to detention.
Most immigrant detainees have a record of showing up for court dates when they're supposed to, says Laura Lunn, director of the Advocacy and Litigation for Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network.
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