DHS Giving Cell Phones to Illegal Border Crossers: White House

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "For individuals that are just released with a notification to report to ICE or to show up in court, then our ability to track those folks quite closely is much more limited," then-acting ICE Director Tae Johnson told Congress during a hearing on May 13, 2021.
55% : BI Incorporated declined to provide the number of cell phones the company has issued for Customs and Border Protection or ICE.
54% : Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
48% : He said for $200 million, ICE removes about 3,000 people a year on the ATD program, about 1 percent of the total removals.
44% : In November 2021, ICE sent out 78,000 notices to appear to illegal immigrants who had been previously released, including documents informing them that their case will be processed via deportation proceedings and directing them to report to their closest ICE office.
40% :Given two months, ICE failed to provide The Epoch Times with statistics on how many illegal immigrants are attached to the ATD programs and how many have absconded.
25% : Psaki said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) takes a biometric voice print of an illegal border crosser before issuing them a phone and releasing them into the United States.

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