Want to disregard America’s sovereignty and cross our Southern border illegally? There’s an app for that.
At the end of January, a teaser video and a website promoting an app called “Bienvenidos” (“Welcome”) appeared and quickly disappeared online, reported Vice’s Motherboard. The promotional video and site has been restored, and the app will now reportedly be up and running sometime this year.
“Bienvenidos is the world’s first community-based navigation app for immigration,” boasts the site. “Using crowdsourced data from users, Bienvenidos provides real-time info about the best immigration routes to cross the U.S.-Mexico Border.”
“Bienvenidos is dedicated to making immigration easier and safer for those looking to enter or reenter the United States,” the site says. “By connecting immigrants to one another, we hope to make border crossing simpler and easier, improving the quality of everyone’s journey. Imagine the power of handily avoiding Border Patrol agents, saving time with faster immigration routes, and keeping tabs on the construction of the border wall and its vulnerabilities. All from the palm of your hand.”