Lawfare Archive: Sejal Zota on ICE Tracking Technologies

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🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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From May 9, 2022: Many individuals seeking asylum or other forms of immigration relief in the U.S. are subject to a program run by Immigration Customs Enforcement, or ICE, called the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, which uses various kinds of tracking technologies as a way of keeping tabs on individuals who are not detained in ICE custody.

Stephanie Pell sat down with Sejal Zota, legal director of Just Futures Law, to talk about this program and the kinds of tracking technologies it employees. They discussed what is publicly known about these technologies, the privacy concerns associated with them, as well as some of the harms experienced by individuals who are subjected to the surveillance. Not withstanding these concerns, they also discussed whether the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program is a reasonable alternative to ICE detention, considering ICE’s need to keep track of individuals who are both seeking immigration relief and who may be ordered removed from the U.S. if that relief is not granted.

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2:06.1	In the first two weeks of his second term, President Donald Trump has launched an immigration crackdown and pledged to deport millions of migrants.
2:09.7	Accent such as shutting down the Customs and Border Patrol One app, banning asylum at the border,
2:15.7	and sending ice into major cities has increased fear among migrants
2:19.2	and drawn fresh attention to U.S. immigration policies.
2:23.1	For today's archive episode, I selected an episode from May 9, 2022, in which Stephanie Pell sat down
2:30.4	with Sejal Zota, legal director of Just Features Law, to discuss the intensive supervision
2:36.6	appearance program. This program uses various kinds of tracking technologies as a way of keeping tabs
2:43.1	on individuals not detained in ICE custody. They talked about the privacy concerns associated with
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