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June 23, 2022
Phones assigned to released migrants can’t make, take calls unless it’s ICE By Sandra Sanchez
	“The biggest growth we’ve seen is in SmartLINK technology where someone has a smartphone and that smartphone itself is linked to ICE and that is used as a case management tool for tracking,” Kocher told Border Report last year.   As of Monday, nationwide there were 279,483 migrants enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program, according to data by Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse of Syracuse University. (Graphic by TRAC) According to TRAC data, the ATD program has seen a huge jump in enrollees since September. TRAC researcher Austin Kocher says the program has expanded rapidly since 2021. “The biggest growth we’ve seen is in SmartLINK technology where someone has a smartphone and that smartphone itself is linked to ICE and that is used as a case management tool for tracking,” Kocher told Border Report last year. External Link
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