{"id":1422476,"date":"2022-04-06T18:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T22:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1422476"},"modified":"2022-04-06T18:29:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T22:29:47","slug":"white-house-defends-giving-illegal-border-crossers-smart-phones-to-report-to-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-defends-giving-illegal-border-crossers-smart-phones-to-report-to-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Defends Giving Illegal Border Crossers Smart Phones to Report to ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-defends-giving-illegal-border-crossers-smart-phones-to-report-to-ice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1422476&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The White House on Wednesday defended the idea of giving smartphones to illegal border crossers, to help them stay in touch with ICE officials.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki appeared indignant after Fox News reporter Peter Doocy questioned her about the program, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1511732258188804096\">detailed<\/a> recently in their reporting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think you, of all people, since you\u2019ve 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,\u201d she replied.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki said the phones provided to migrants and border crossers were part of the administration\u2019s \u201calternative to detention\u201d program at the border.<\/p>\n<p>There are nearly 180,000 undocumented immigrants in the United States being monitored with traceable devices, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/scoop-biden-reinvents-migrant-detention-6a41d0a7-8ac2-4038-86d8-cf1e46228710.html\">according<\/a> to reports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The phones, Psaki said, provided migrants the ability monitored by officials using \u201ctelephonic\u201d technology \u2014 matching a voice print and requiring migrants to call once a week to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.<\/p>\n<p>She said tablets and smartphones could also be used to monitor border crossers using \u201cfacial matching\u201d and GPS monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki explained the program was \u201call part\u201d of the Biden administration\u2019s effort to track migrants coming into the country without having to detain them.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the administration was concerned about migrants just throwing the phone away, Psaki replied, \u201cDo you have a record of people throwing phones away?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur concern is ensuring individuals who irregularly migrate to the United States proceed through our process of being monitored,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The monitoring systems, she argued, helped border officials \u201cdo that effectively\u201d until their immigration court hearings could be completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House on Wednesday defended the idea of giving smartphones to illegal border crossers, to help them stay in touch with ICE officials. 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