Mexico is developing an application that will allow migrants to warn relatives and local consulates if they think they are about to be detained by the U.S. immigration department.
The move is in response to US President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to carry out mass deportations after he takes office on January 20.
Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Juan Ramón de la Fuente said the application has been rolled out for small-scale testing and appears to be working very well.
He said the application would allow users to press a tab that would send an alert notification to previously chosen relatives and the nearest Mexican consulate.
The Mexican government however, estimated that there are over eleven million migrants with some form of legal residency in the United States, and over four million without legal residency or proper documents
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