The device is part of a broader Biden administration effort to ensure migrants comply with their immigration proceedings without relying on detention.
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday unveiled a smartwatch-like device to track migrants released from federal immigration custody, saying the technology could help the government monitor a small fraction of the millions of individuals with pending deportation cases.
More than 5 million migrants are facing deportation as part of ICE's non-detained docket of cases, which have ballooned under President Biden amid record apprehensions along the southern border. ICE, however, does not have the personnel or resources to detain or monitor all migrants with deportation cases.
The device that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is testing to track some migrants with deportation cases.The ICE official, who requested anonymity to discuss the program, argued the wrist monitors blend in as they resemble smartwatches, calling them"less intrusive than an ankle monitor." The daily cost of operating the watch per migrant will be less than $8, which the official said is much cheaper than detention costs.
The removable watch will allow migrants to take it off to charge it or when going to sleep. The non-removable version will trigger an alert if it is taken off that could require migrants to do a face check-in with ICE. It will also be fitted with a clip that would indicate whether migrants attempt to remove it.
In addition to expanding alternatives to detention, the Biden administration has reshaped ICE's mission, instructing agents to prioritize the arrest of migrants with serious criminal convictions or who pose a national security risk and recent border-crossers. ICE has also ended mass workplace arrests and generally barred the detention of veterans, victims of serious crimes, pregnant women and families with minors.
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