
New U.S. program will require asylum-seeking families to undergo home curfews, GPS tracking
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El Paso, Texas — A new Biden administration policy will require migrant families seeking asylum to undergo home curfews and GPS tracking while officials determine whether they should be allowed to stay in the country or be deported, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Wednesday.
The program, known as the Family Expedited Removal Management process, will require some migrant adults who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully with minor children to wear GPS ankle monitors and to comply with a curfew. The initiative will apply to migrant families who claim fear of returning to their home countries after being placed in a fast-track deportation process known as expedited removal.
Officials said the policy is designed to allow ICE to monitor migrant families and to locate them if asylum officers find that they are not eligible for U.S. protection, without having to hold them in detention centers, a controversial practice the Biden administration has declined to revive.

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