U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is coercing freed migrant women to wear ankle monitors, according to the women's attorneys. This regulation is imposed after a judges said that paying bonds would be sufficient.
In a letter to ICE director Sarah Saldana, the women's lawyers said they were "dismayed by the lack of transparency, and the coercion, disorganization, and confusion" surrounding recent releases. Among the irregularities cited were summons to courtrooms scrawled on yellow sticky notes, no counsel or judge present in court, and women being told that the prior word of immigration judges 'has no value.'"
Ankle monitors carry a stigma because of their use to track criminals. Migrant woman have a difficult enough time without wearing something that makes them appear dangerous and untrustworthy.
Coercing women to wear tracking devices is an abuse of power and discriminates against immigrants who have done nothing wrong. Please sign the petition to urge ICE to make their policies clearer and to stop coercing migrant women to wear ankle monitors!
We, the undersigned, are concerned with reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is coercing freed migrant women to wear ankle monitors, even after judges said that a bond payment would be sufficient.
In a letter to ICE director Sarah Saldana, the women's lawyers said they were "dismayed by the lack of transparency, and the coercion, disorganization, and confusion" surrounding recent releases. Among the irregularities cited were summons to courtrooms scrawled on yellow sticky notes, no counsel or judge present in court, and women being told that the prior word of immigration judges 'has no value.'"
Ankle monitors carry a stigma because of their use to track criminals. Migrant woman have a difficult enough time without wearing something that makes them appear dangerous and untrustworthy.
Coercing women to wear tracking devices is an abuse of power and discriminates against immigrants who have done nothing wrong. We respectfully urge you to make your policies clearer and to stop coercing migrant women to wear ankle monitors as a condition of freedom. Thank you for taking the time to read and consider our petition.
