Miami Herald
You can find this at miami herald newspaper's website, and please don't make fun of this, is serious.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/6665404.htm
Is not clear what the procedures are going to be, but is really scary.
BTW, You don't need to drink beer or rum to hear the news, even if you're in MIAMI.
Posted on Mon, Sep. 01, 2003
Monitors for asylum seekers angering activists
Immigrant rights advocates have expressed concerns about plans by federal immigration authorities to outfit some foreign asylum seekers with ankle-bracelet monitoring devices.
Cheryl Little, executive director of the Miami-based Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. (CLINIC) in Washington, D.C., said assigning ankle bracelets to asylum seekers stigmatizes them as ''criminals'' -- even though they have not committed crimes.
The program, known as Electronic Monitoring Devices, or EMD, was announced by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August. The bureau, part of the Department of Homeland Security, did not specify which foreign nationals would be eligible for bracelets, but Little told The Herald that some asylum seekers were being given the devices.
Federal immigration officials in Miami said Sunday that they were looking into the matter.
''CLINIC takes issue with the fact that the EMD program is merely incarcerating people who have not committed a crime and should be free,'' a statement from the organization said.
Donald Kerwin, CLINIC executive director, said: ``There is no reason to treat an asylum seeker escaping oppression as a criminal. The EMD program places undue restrictions on people who pose no threat to the community.''
In its announcement, the bureau said South Florida would be a test ground for the program. Officials said the program would allow about 100 people deemed ''low risk'' to wear the devices.
About 60 people have taken part in similar programs in Anchorage and Detroit, officials said.