Migrant Surveillance: How the Federal Government Monitors Asylum Seekers

Author

Roshan Abraham, Cuny Graduate School of JournalismFollow

Graduation Date

Winter 12-16-2016

Grading Professor

Jarrett Murphy

Subject Concentration

Urban Reporting

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Abstract

The federal government has funded electronic monitoring of undocumented immigrants awaiting deportation hearings since 2005, but a spike of refugees from Central America since 2014 have lead the program to be used more and more on women with children fleeing gang violence in the Northern Triangle. The program is run by a private prison company that also handles electronic monitoring for parolees. Advocates believe this brings up ethical questions about surveillance technologies that should be addressed, but officials claim it is a cheap and more humane solution than detention.

Recommended Citation

Abraham, Roshan, "Migrant Surveillance: How the Federal Government Monitors Asylum Seekers" (2016). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/190