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Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US
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Leroy N. Soetoro
2024-12-27 22:39:04 UTC
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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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Scout
2024-12-27 22:58:31 UTC
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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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