I'm not going to get into the technoppression debate, but I will say that the use of computers under Apartheid is quite similar to Immigration and Customs Enfor

I'm not going to get into the technoppression debate, but I will say that the use of computers under Apartheid is quite similar to Immigration and Customs Enforcement program known as "secure communities". Secure communities is a data sharing initiative between ICE, the FBI and several other agencies. Participating police districts now automatically pass on the citizenship status of detainees to ICE. Under President Obama, secure communities has deported more "dangerous illegals" than any other administration. Talking with a friend who works at the county jail, this is the same protocol that was previously done by a human being, only made much more efficient by the data sharing initiative. Instead of having an officer look through a list of names for dangerous criminals, the system picks up people with really minor offenses. To date my state of Washington has deported more people for having an expired fishing license than for murder. Secure communities has certainly upped the ante in terms of who is deported when pulled over by a police officer.