"Joshua Aaron, the creator of the app, which is called ICEBlock, filed the suit this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He lists several Trump administration officials as defendants, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons, and White House border czar Tom Homan."
"According to the lawsuit, Aaron created the app in early 2025 to allow "members of the public to report publicly observable locations of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents." By April, the app was available on the Apple App Store, and by October, it had been downloaded more than 1 million times."
"White House officials "have falsely claimed that ICEBlock and similar apps are responsible for violent attacks on law enforcement officers," the lawsuit states. "No actual evidence has ever been cited to support these claims.""
Joshua Aaron developed ICEBlock in early 2025 to allow members of the public to report publicly observable locations of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The app launched on the Apple App Store by April and exceeded one million downloads by October. Apple removed the app after public pressure from several Trump administration officials. Aaron filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia naming Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Todd Lyons, and Tom Homan. The lawsuit alleges officials falsely characterized the app as inviting violence and tied it to attacks on law enforcement despite no cited evidence.
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