Apple Explains Why It Removed ICE Tracking Apps Last Year

In a July 2026 missive addressed to U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Apple said its determination to region ICEBlock and akin apps that crowdsourced the real-time locations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from the App Store was "prompted by concerns" astir "agent safety," according to CNN's Clare Duffy.


The study said the app removals were "prompted by concerns — including those raised by the Trump medication — astir cause information pursuing a fatal shooting that near 2 detainees dormant astatine a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement office."

Apple removed ICEBlock from the App Store successful October 2025, starring Raskin to motorboat an probe into the U.S. Justice Department's evident relation successful the removal of the apps from the App Store and Google's Play Store, the study said. Apple's missive responding to Raskin had not antecedently been reported, according to CNN.

When it removed ICEBlock from the ‌App Store‌, Apple said that the app violated line 1.1.1 of its App Review Guidelines:Information provided to Apple by instrumentality enforcement shows that your app violates Guideline 1.1.1 due to the fact that its intent is to supply determination accusation astir instrumentality enforcement officers that tin beryllium utilized to harm specified officers individually oregon arsenic a group. For this reason, your app volition beryllium removed from the App Store.ICEBlock has not returned to the App Store.
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