# catch and ankle bracelet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 20, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475 "2018-06-20T22:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_Peebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/1 "2018-06-20T22:41:39Z")
The recent ruckus and Trump’s executive order today has drawn attention to “catch and release” vs “catch and detain”. But what about “catch and ankle bracelet”? Instead of detaining someone caught trying to enter the US in an illegal manner, while pondering their potential asylum, why not release them with an ankle bracelet? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/2 "2018-06-20T23:36:05Z")
Seems like a pretty good way to use up an inventory of ankle bracelets. Then just think of the job opportunities to refurbish cut-off, discarded ankle bracelets! Seriously, what would be the point? ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Peebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/3 "2018-06-21T00:12:21Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Seems like a pretty good way to use up an inventory of ankle bracelets. Then just think of the job opportunities to refurbish cut-off, discarded ankle bracelets! > > Seriously, what would be the point? Same point as giving someone out on bail instead of detained an ankle bracelet. If they don’t show for court, you know where to find them. If it gets cut off you know you need to find them and detain them. Here it allows them to stay with their children just as if they had been released without an ankle bracelet. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/4 "2018-06-21T00:28:20Z")
Seriously…? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/5 "2018-06-21T00:30:27Z")
> **[The U.S. is tracking a record number of immigrants with ankle monitors](https://theoutline.com/post/2104/the-u-s-is-tracking-a-record-number-of-immigrants-with-ankle-monitors?zd=1&zi=5olrc3rs)** > > ICE uses electronic ankle monitors to track tens of thousands of detainees. We spoke to one of them. …already done. Perhaps your thread should really be about getting the Trump Regime to go back to what they were doing before. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Peebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/6 "2018-06-21T00:36:33Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > [The U.S. is tracking a record number of immigrants with ankle monitors | The Outline](https://theoutline.com/post/2104/the-u-s-is-tracking-a-record-number-of-immigrants-with-ankle-monitors?zd=1&zi=5olrc3rs) > > …already done. Perhaps your thread should really be about getting the Trump Regime to go back to what they were doing before. Seriously, what is wrong with my idea? If I read the above article correctly they are using it for people “pending deportation”. So it helps my argument it would be effective for people falling under the different current issue: “in limbo awaiting an asylum decision, after getting caught attempting illegal entry into the US”. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/7 "2018-06-21T00:41:26Z")
> [@Jim\_Peebles](#): > > Seriously, what is wrong with my idea? …did I say there was something wrong with your idea? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/8 "2018-06-21T02:16:56Z")
Yeah, from what I’ve read recently, the programs to monitor people seeking asylum in this country without locking them up appear to be quite successful and much much much cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/9 "2018-06-21T03:22:17Z")
> [@Jim\_Peebles](#): > > Seriously, what is wrong with my idea? That thing would be cut off and discarded within minutes of being release. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/10 "2018-06-21T05:07:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > That thing would be cut off and discarded within minutes of being release. I’m sure Sessions could think of a way of preventing that [SPOILER](warning gore NSFW) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TZesS-EUP6E/hqdefault.jpg "Classic fight scene from the 1991 movie Deadlock aka Wedlock head explosion") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZesS-EUP6E&t=80[/SPOILER]) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Peebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/11 "2018-06-21T16:39:53Z")
So the only objection is “they would just cut them off”. But we don’t know what percentage would do this unless we try it. I found a news article which reveals my hyper-advanced brain telepathically communicated my idea to a congressman before I posted it here: > **[Rep. Stewart: Ankle monitors could solve border crisis of families being...](https://www.ksl.com/article/46345552/rep-stewart-ankle-monitors-could-solve-border-crisis-of-families-being-separated)** > > Instead of separating families that enter the U.S. illegally, Utah Congressman Chris Stewart says putting ankle monitors on the parents could solve the problem. What has me baffled is that this idea is not a major talking point in the mainstream and alternative media. Why? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/12 "2018-06-21T16:48:27Z")
> [@Jim\_Peebles](#): > > What has me baffled is that this idea is not a major talking point in the mainstream and alternative media. Why? …because it isn’t a “new solution”, but the way they were doing it before? It isn’t a new idea. Its just one of many tools used by law enforcement to keep track of people. You are saying to McDonalds, “hey! You should use meat patties in your burgers!” And McDonalds are going “but we already use meat patties in our burgers.” And you are going: “but meat patties are tasty! Why is this not a major talking point?” It isn’t a talking point because there isn’t anything to discuss. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Peebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-and-ankle-bracelet/816475/13 "2018-06-21T16:57:54Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …because it isn’t a “new solution”, but the way they were doing it before? It isn’t a new idea. Its just one of many tools used by law enforcement to keep track of people. > > You are saying to McDonalds, “hey! You should use meat patties in your burgers!” And McDonalds are going “but we already use meat patties in our burgers.” And you are going: “but meat patties are tasty! Why is this not a major talking point?” > > It isn’t a talking point because there isn’t anything to discuss. If that’s true, why didn’t the congressman in my link above know it?