The Digital Cage

Endless Thread

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4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

When Hashim crossed the U.S.-Mexico border seeking asylum in 2020, he was tired—tired of running, tired of being locked in cages.

Hashim was a political activist in Uganda, his home country, where he had been imprisoned and beaten. When he fled to Mexico, he was detained and, again, beaten.

In the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement offered him a deal: He enrolled in a program allowing him to live with friends in Maine.

But Hashim says he didn't understand what he was giving up to be in this little-known program, one which requires migrants to hand over voice and face IDs, internet and phone data, height, weight, social networks, location, and more.

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Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell. Mix and sound design by Paul Vaitkus. It was edited and hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson.

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0:53.0	When did you decide to leave? I left you to Uganda on Independence Day.
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1:02.0	This is a story about choices, the ones we make and the ones that are made for us.
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