Friday, March 20
Minneapolis: Technology has become a key battleground in the confrontation between US authorities and migrants along with their supporters, with both sides innovating to try to gain the upper hand.It is a David versus Goliath fight, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spending millions on surveillance tech, while activists and businesses scramble to build tools to protect migrants and others who might encounter federal officers.One migrant safety tool that has surged in popularity since the flood of immigration enforcement agents to Minnesota is TurnSignl.It allows users to connect almost instantly to an immigration lawyer when confronted by ICE, as well as to automatically record and upload the encounter to cloud storage.The app, which has 285,000 users, is the brainchild of at
