Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and consulates if they think they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration officials.

Summary

Mexico is testing a cellphone app that allows migrants to alert relatives and Mexican consulates if they believe they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration authorities.

The “panic button” app, announced by Foreign Affairs Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente, aims to address fears of mass deportations under Donald Trump.

Alerts notify chosen contacts and the nearest consulate, while Mexico has increased consular staff and legal aid for deportation cases.

Full app rollout is expected in January, alongside a 24/7 migrant support call center.

    • RivalarrivalEnglish
      19·
      4 months ago

      Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship is to conflate undocumented immigration with invasion. True foreign invaders are not “subject to the laws of the United States”, which is the criteria the 14th amendment requires to secure birthright citizenship.

      Under this theory, Trump can trace back the lineage of every “US Citizen of Mexican ancestry” and, upon finding an unnaturalized ancester, void the citizenship of every subsequent generation.

      Further, by declaring them invaders, Trump can employ the military against them. Anyone who supports “invaders” gives “aid and comfort to the enemy”, making them guilty of treason. Trump now has a wedge to drive reasonable people away from opposing his anti-immigration tactics.

      Our main hopes for preventing this travesty ultimately lie with the nine members of the Supreme Court, of whom Trump previously appointed three. Since “[he got] to pick [his] judges, nothing you can do, folks.”

    • HikingVet@lemmy.caEnglish
      142·
      4 months ago

      All part of the plan. These people will be rounded up, then shipped as labour.

      You can tell by the trumpist fascism thats being implemented

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      24·
      4 months ago

      What about US Citizens of Mexician ancestry that are dealing with shitty ICE agents that refuse to recognize their citizenship?

      This has happened many times in the recent past and, like then, you’re on your own. Check to see if you qualify for Mexican citizenship so that you at least can lean on them for some help.

      Also consider supporting organizations that don’t make it worse for people like us; your primary instance literally permits white erasure posts.