Fact check: Does Biden really give away smartphones to immigrants who cross the border illegally?
The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed.on Twitter a day before Adams’ tweet that reportedly showed the type of phone given to people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A spokesperson for ICE confirmed that the agency gives smartphones to some immigrants who have been detained after entering the country illegally. The phones come with some caveats. Instead, the phones are pre-loaded with an application called SmartLINK as a way to track immigrants who have been released from detention and are awaiting a deportation hearing.
The application was first used in 2018 to keep track of about 5,000 people, the AP reported. Now, ICE uses it to keep tabs on more than 125,000 immigrants.PolitiFact is a fact-checking project to help you sort out fact from fiction in politics. Truth-O-Meter ratings are determined by a panel of three editors. The burden of proof is on the speaker, and PolitiFact rates statements based on the information known at the time the statement is made.
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