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Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US

apnews.com Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US

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.

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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.

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What about US Citizens of Mexician ancestry that are dealing with shitty ICE agents that refuse to recognize their citizenship?
I mean, they aren't technically Mexican so I doubt Mexican government/embassies have the legal authority to help.
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- 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."
  
  This isn't just limited to people of Mexican ancestry. If you (or anyone else) can fill in the following blank, you can be targeted under the same process: "My family has _______ heritage."
  
  That sounds like a lot of work that I'm sure they'll pretend to be getting around to eventually
  
  I mean, as vile as the supreme court is, lifetime appointments means they aren't under trump's influence anymore.
  We had a supreme court in the 1890s (read this carefully, the 1890s, not 1980s) that was very disgusting and upheld racial segregation, but that same court also upheld birthright citizenship (Wong Kim Ark vs United States). So we never know what would happen.
  Is this court gonna become even more backwards than a 1890s court? Idk 🤷‍♂️
  Only time will tell.
  
  lifetime appointments means they aren't under trump's influence anymore.
  Assuming no blackmail.
  
  Blackmail what? Embarassing nudes? Evidence of illegal acts?
  I don't think they care.
  They are not getting impeached and any impeachment would never get the 2/3 in the senate for conviction anyways. They have no elections to worry about. They're here to stay.
- 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
- 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.
  
  your primary instance literally permits white erasure posts.
  Huh?
  
  Translation:
  "The primary Lemmy instance your account is hosted on, has apparently once or twice failed the .ml Absolute Purity By Association test, and is therefore classified as Problematic(TM) by The Party. Renounce your association or face the wall. A division of T-34s is on the way. " /s
  Basically It turns out people with harmful ideas (white erasure) also use the Internet, and mods don't always insta-ban them.
  To some users the existance of misbehavior of a few, without a loud and self-righteous reaction, convicts the entire instance of Heresy.
  TL;DR: Don't worry about it.
  
  Lmao, my instance is literally anti-authoritarianism and anti- right wing.
  ~~"ML"s~~ Tankies and far-right conspiracy theoriests including, but not limited to, extreme pro-police users and "sovcits" are all insta-banned.
  Dude saw the "Tankies" part and got triggered lmfao.
  Doesn't even reply to elaborate. 🤣

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