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Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. Lawyers Say That’s Unconstitutional
The platform, which allows users to anonymously share the locations of ICE agents, is currently the third most downloaded iPhone app.
On June 20, the Department of Homeland Security put out a press release citing the purported 500 percent increase, however its link for the statistic directs users to a Breitbart article that just quotes the DHS without providing in-depth details to support the number. Aaron tells WIRED the app is about “informing, not obstructing.” He describes a potential user interaction as someone walking around their neighborhood, then getting an alert on their phone saying that ICE has been spotted a few blocks away—with directions for safely getting home. In early June, as protests began to swell in Los Angeles, multiple grassroots groups shared emergency alerts to local residents as ICE raids were happening across the city.
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