Posted on 04/07/2022 2:31:35 PM PDT by lowbridge
The White House on Wednesday defended the idea of giving smartphones to illegal border crossers, to help them stay in touch with ICE officials.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki appeared indignant after Fox News reporter Peter Doocy questioned her about the program, detailed recently in their reporting.
“I think you, of all people, since you’ve asked me a range of questions on this topic over time, would recognize that we need to take steps to ensure that we know where individuals are and we can track, and we can check in with then,” she replied.
Psaki said the phones provided to migrants and border crossers were part of the administration’s “alternative to detention” program at the border.
There are nearly 180,000 undocumented immigrants in the United States being monitored with traceable devices, according to reports.
The phones, Psaki said, provided migrants the ability monitored by officials using “telephonic” technology — matching a voice print and requiring migrants to call once a week to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
She said tablets and smartphones could also be used to monitor border crossers using “facial matching” and GPS monitoring.
Psaki explained the program was “all part” of the Biden administration’s effort to track migrants coming into the country without having to detain them.
When asked if the administration was concerned about migrants just throwing the phone away, Psaki replied, “Do you have a record of people throwing phones away?”
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They should provide them with Teslas so they can get to their court appointments on time.
Yay....A new Black Market. Some geeks will help them out to erase the tracking.
This has got to be from the Bee. Oh my ✨⭐.....
J@ckAsses
"Bueno? No hablo Ingles'. Jose no esta aqui."
Click.
What is going to be the penalty for losing the phone?
I wonder how much cash each one received.
Leftover Obama phones ? LOL
Why not a burner phone?
An RFID chip implantation?
Another shining city on a hill moment. /s
Oh that Babylon Bee!
Where do those guys get these funny ideas?
$25 burner phone, and Feds would probably get a volume discount:
https://www.amazon.com/BLU-T276T-Unlocked-Dual-SIM-Camera/dp/B00O5EU9JO/ref=sr_1_10?qid=1649367719
So they can contact the other members of the cartel
My guess is that they’ll be able to use them to vote very soon as well.
Report to ICE?
LOL.
I’m thinking about getting a burner phone, to call back the spammers who send me 10+spam calls a day.
They’ll just use them to give their compadres a heads-up on where ICE agents are.
The ICE number dedicated to this pursuit is probably 1-800-EAT-CACA.
Free “Biden Phones” for the invaders?
I guess this is just in case their “Soros Phones” got wet wading across the Rio Grande, or got broken climbing over the fence?
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