ICE Order of Supervision Requirements Stateless persons released from immigration detention on ICE orders of supervision must endure check-in requirements into perpetuity, electronic ankle monitors, and restrictions on domestic travel. The frequency of check-ins—which range from once every few months to once a year— can pose a substantial burden. ICE offices are often located in other cities, requiring stateless persons to take time off from work and to find transportation. Repeat absences due to checkins can threaten employment and upward mobility. Furthermore, paying for transportation can create financial strain. One respondent said: It was so upset me because why do they have to go after an old man like myself who has no criminal history or anything, right? Plus, Orlando is round-trip, 150 miles from where I live. I have just had a heart attack and lots of health issues. Just because the problem is that you are stateless. What I realized during those years is that you have no rights at all. With the stateless, the clerks have the discretion to decide your destiny right on the spot. Persons under orders of supervision reported facing more difficult conditions over the past year, including more frequent visits, ankle bracelets, and a harsher disposition among immigration officials. One reported: I’m taking my dad with me to go [to the] downtown office, because I’m scared to go there by myself because I don’t know what happens. I can’t even reason with the officers. I can’t get on the same level of understanding with him, because then he starts to get angry. Every time you try to make them understand something, they get angry, so sometimes I just agree to things that I shouldn’t agree because I’m afraid. When somebody got power over you, you can’t talk to them like that, because no matter what, they’re going to be right. Another said: I used to go every three months and then they pushed it to six months because I kept telling them I was in high school. In 2012, one of the officers was really nasty to me. He said that if I don’t come back with papers, he’s going to take me in and he’s going to make me do the 90 days again. That’s when my older brother said we should try to reach the UN and see if they could help us. Another added: I checked in the last eight years once a year. But in the previous check-in –– that was in August –– the USCIS guy put me for three months, and I asked him “why three months? I mean, I’ve been here for 25 years already in the USA.” He was sarcastic: “if you don’t like three months, I can put once a month for you. Effects on Personal and Work Relationships Statelessness also strains relationships. One respondent, an ethnic Eritrean from Ethiopia, noted that his statelessness “cost me a lot even in my relationship.” He reported that his partner suspected him of wanting to marry for citizenship and benefits. He also noted that it is hard to develop social relationships. He feels like he has to keep up appearances and “live a lie” because he is afraid people will not understand his statelessness and its implications. 72