Record number of migrants put in Alternatives to Detention program by Biden administration

CBS News Channel 8 Las Vegas ^ | 05 January 2021 | Sandra Sanchez

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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The federal government has placed a record number of migrants in the Alternatives to Detention program, which is a way to monitor asylum-seekers without having to incarcerate them, according to new data.

The latest data shows there are 150,755 migrant families and single individuals currently being monitored ....

...TRAC reports that most migrants placed in ATD are assigned a SmartLINK app that connects to their cellphones and records their locations. The latest data received and analyzed by TRAC is from Dec. 18...

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" Other data findings include: Over 12,000 were put in the program in Newark, New Jersey; 11,500 in Los Angeles; 10,000 in Miami; 8,700 in Harlingen, Texas; 7,000 in El Paso; 8,200 in Detroit; and 4,500 in Atlanta"

[Pearls Before Swine]

"Don't lose that phone. If you do, we won't know where you are."

[RWGinger]

That is an amazingly stupid move by Biden
Maybe in top 10 of his admin stupid moves