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Ecuadorian immigrant Neptali Chiluisa shows the app that he uses for reporting his location to Immigration authorities, during an interview Oct. 21, 2021, in New York. U.S. immigration authorities are turning to smartphones to keep tabs on immigrants and ensure they attend their deportation hearings. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

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Deportation agents use smartphone app to monitor immigrants
By AMY TAXIN AND AMANCAI BIRABEN - Associated Press
Wed,03/09/22-10:37PM , 56 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. authorities have broadly expanded the use of a smartphone app during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure immigrants released from detention will attend deportation hearings, a requirement that advocates say violates their privacy and makes them feel they're not free.
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