Petra Molnar and coauthors consider la cuerda invisible - the invisible leash - created by technologies used to surveil migrants. Their essay, published in Tech Policy Press, begins with one woman's account of using the SmartLINK app to 'check in' with ICE officials. Citing their report for the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, the International Detention Coaliation, and the Refugee Law Lab, the authors identify three unique types of technology used in immigration detention, and suggest ten guiding principles that can cultivate rights-based support for migrants. "If used at all, technology should work to reduce detention, not expand it."
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