Mexico is launching a new cellphone application, 'Alert Button,' designed to notify Mexican migrants in the United States about potential imminent detention by authorities. The app, set to become available in January 2025, aims to provide crucial information and support to migrants during a period of heightened concern following the election of President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to initiate mass deportations upon taking office.
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near the border wall after crossing a razor wire fence deployed to inhibit their crossing into the United States, as a member of the Texas National Guard escorts them, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 19, 2024. Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to inform family members and local consulates if they think they are about to be detained.
The app is expected to become available in January as President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged to launch mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission on Day 1 of his second term, takes office. The app -- dubbed Alert Button -- will allow nationals who think they are about to be detained to notify the “consulate closest to their location about situations of imminent detention, notify family members who have previously been selected, as well as report to the Foreign Affairs Secretary,' Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release. Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near the border wall after crossing a razor wire fence deployed to inhibit their crossing into the United States, as a member of the Texas National Guard escorts them, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 19, 2024. The app was developed with the Mexican Digital Transformation Agency for 'emergency cases,' Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Mexico's secretary of foreign affairs, said. De la Fuente outlined other protective measures ahead of Mexican nationals’ possible detention under the incoming Trump administration. 'The foreign affairs secretary was emphatic in pointing out that to deport someone from the United States you need a court order, a final sentence of deportation or removal, and that is where the consular team will be very aware that due process is complied with,' the release said. Trump has repeatedly pledged to get started on mass deportations as soon as he enters offic
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