"The ICEBlock app alerts users to ICE agents in the area, allowing them to evacuate migrants who may be arrested. Curtailing illegal immigration has been one of the central domestic policies in Trump's second term at the White House. However, reports suggest that ICE agents, often in masks using unmarked vans, have also detained permanent US residents, visa holders and those involved in pro-Palestinian advocacy. Protests against immigration raids have occurred at ICE facilities and other key government sites across the country"
"The US Justice Department and Trump's administration have said the apps endanger officers by increasing the risk of assault on ICE agents. "ICEBlock is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs, and violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed," Bondi said in her statement to Fox Business. The criticism has increased after a shooting at an ICE facility in Texas in September killed two detainees and injured another."
Apple removed ICEBlock and similar apps from the App Store after contact from the US administration and law enforcement raised safety concerns. ICEBlock alerted users to nearby ICE agents so migrants could be evacuated ahead of raids. Officials and the Justice Department warned that the apps increased the risk of assaults on ICE officers. US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the app put agents at risk and called violence against law enforcement an intolerable red line. A September shooting at a Texas ICE facility, linked to a shooter reportedly using similar apps, intensified criticism and prompted law enforcement to contact Apple.
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