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The Mexican Border-Crossing App That Suddenly Disappeared
Motherboard ^ | 25 Jan 2018 | Brian Anderson

Posted on 01/26/2018 9:45:30 AM PST by shove_it

On Monday, while a stopgap spending measure was being approved in the Senate as part of a new February deadline for immigration reform, a curious teaser video appeared online.

“What if there was a smarter way that gave people the power to freely enter and reenter the United States with just a few taps of their smartphone?” a narrator asked.

What if?

The slick 72-second spot had largely slipped under the radar, with a mere 59 views at the time it was abruptly taken offline Wednesday evening. That’s something of an irony, considering it’s for a mobile app we’re told is for migrants hoping to avoid immigration authorities while crossing the Mexico-US boundary on foot, including potential obstacles like the “big, beautiful wall” President Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to build along the southern border.

...snip... Links & images at the linked article.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Mexico
KEYWORDS: breeding; drugs; program; slavery; technology
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1 posted on 01/26/2018 9:45:30 AM PST by shove_it
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To: shove_it

If they can afford an iPhone, they don’t need to come here.


2 posted on 01/26/2018 9:48:14 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

just the coyote needs the app ?


3 posted on 01/26/2018 9:52:29 AM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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This would be a useful app for Border Control guys.


4 posted on 01/26/2018 9:55:06 AM PST by shove_it (MAGA)
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They think the USBP and ICE can’t use the app, too?
Or, maybe ICE wrote the app?


5 posted on 01/26/2018 9:55:22 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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So, it’s like Waze, but for illegals.


6 posted on 01/26/2018 10:00:47 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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“This would be a useful app for Border Control guys.”

Also be a good ICE sting app, with illegals doing the self-reporting.


7 posted on 01/26/2018 10:05:15 AM PST by LouieFisk
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ICE should launch their own app that directs invaders safely ... straight into the holding pen.

8 posted on 01/26/2018 10:06:52 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: shove_it

Crazy Idea,

for both sides of the issue.


9 posted on 01/26/2018 10:10:01 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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Bienvenidos...APP.


10 posted on 01/26/2018 10:15:04 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: shove_it

I’m pretty sure BP could get the app too, and better yet, use it to improve.


11 posted on 01/26/2018 10:32:45 AM PST by tiki
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‘The app worked perfectly and led us to water holes and routed us around rape trees. Upon crossing the border it routed us around la Migra checkpoints and provided tips on getting full welfare, food stamps, housing, driver’s licenses and employment.’


12 posted on 01/26/2018 10:39:50 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Buckeye McFrog

If they can afford an iPhone, they don’t need to come here.

***
They didn’t pay for the phones; some Soros group did.


13 posted on 01/26/2018 10:48:51 AM PST by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: shove_it

Within the past few weeks, someone posted a photo from a s***hole country—Haiti, perhaps, or someplace in Africa? It seemed that I was the only one to notice the field of tiny, homemade antennas on the shanties.

Some billionaire philanthropists have been trying to get cheap computers and cellphones into third world countries for decades. One of the main uses of the cellphones has been to find out how to get into countries as far north as possible, like Norway, Sweden, Finland and the U.S.A. I won’t repeat some of the rumors about our countries as told by the third world men to other third world men.


14 posted on 01/26/2018 11:44:16 AM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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Maybe ICE should have tapped into it and just arrested the illegals at the target point?


15 posted on 01/26/2018 12:26:13 PM PST by GOPJ (Republicans care about Americans. Democrats care about illegals, elites, and criminals.)
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