Transmitters for over 180 thousand illegal immigrants. Controversy in the USA

The American immigration service ICE ordered the imposition of 183 thousand. illegal immigrants of GPS transmitters for ankle to follow their movements, “Washington Post” said. This is to be an alternative to closing migrants in detention centers.

As the daily writes, the management of ICE recommended employees to impose transmitters to all persons in the alternative program towards detention during deportation procedures. These are people who have previously agreed to supervision implemented mainly by means of virtual reports and meetings with immigration officials. So far, only 24 thousand of them wore GPS bands. The exception to the new rule will be pregnant women who will be able to wear bracelets on the wrist.

Movement was criticized by activists defending immigrant rights.

“This tool will allow you to extend the scope of the state of the state of people who can be arrested physically to hundreds of thousands of people who can be under surveillance,” said Laura River, a lawyer at Just Futures, a non-profit organization that studied ICE tracking technology. “It aims to transform their community and houses into digital cages,” she added.

According to “Washington Post”, the decision will be used by the ICE company Geo Group, leading, among others Network of private prisons. In addition, it also sells bracelets with transmitters.

Ice spokeswoman Emily Covington said that the US administration uses transmitters on the ankles as “tools for enforcing” immigration regulations and that “greater responsibility should not be a surprise.” She added that ICE still makes decisions individually in each case, and officers still have the freedom to decide which program participants require tracking technology.

From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)

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