US unveils new app for 'self-deportations'

[Terr_]

The next step is they will try to somehow make failure to self-report a felony, and then leverage that into claiming that "only felons" are being deported.

The article alludes to it at the end:

> In late February, the administration said it would create a national registry for undocumented migrants and those failing to sign up could possibly face criminal prosecution.

This is significant because most undocumented immigrants arrived normally and then overstayed a visa, which is not a felony nor misdemeanor, but an even lower category of "civil infraction"--like a parking ticket.

[EdwardDiego]

But how can the Federal government access that data re: parking tickets etc.? Given that (if I understand the USA right) such things would be held at a municipal or state level at best?

Does this foreshadow a massive Federal government data hoovering? Which, sigh, I'm sure DOGE will feed into an LLM.

[duxup]

Spending a ton of money to potentially jail a lot of people who otherwise were doing better things than sitting in jail…

[throwaway5752]

CoreCivic, the large publicly traded prison company, had their share price almost double after the election https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CXW/

[readyplayernull]

So they want to waste resources in courts and keep them in jails to feed them?