In preparation for possible mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump, Mexico aims to make it easier for migrants to contact their consulate if they fear imminent detention by immigration authorities.

The app -- dubbed Alert Button -- will allow nationals who think they are about to be detained to notify the “consulate closest to their location," officials said.

Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and consulates if they think they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration officials

Mexico says it will defend its citizens who are facing deportation, adding that it is developing an app that will allow them to alert family members and consulates if they are detained.

The app will allow Mexican nationals to press a tab that sends an alert notification to previously chosen relatives and the nearest consulate when they suspect they are about to be apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents,

Mexico will launch a mobile application with an alert button for migrants facing imminent detention in the United States, the government said Friday, following President-elect Donald Trump's threats of mass deportations.

In response to Donald Trump‘s threats of mass deportations, Mexico is making a new app that’s supposed to protect migrants from U.S. immigration officials. Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Mexico’s secretary of foreign affairs,

Mexican authorities are developing a cell phone app that will allow nationals in the United States to quickly alert local Mexican consulates and family members if they are threatened with detainment.