Trump administration border czar Tom Homan is calling on the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into CNN for its recent coverage of “ICEBlock,” a mobile app designed to alert users about nearby Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in real time.
The app, developed by longtime tech worker Joshua Aaron, has drawn sharp criticism from immigration enforcement officials and conservative leaders who say it puts ICE agents in danger and helps undocumented immigrants evade deportation.
“It’s disgusting. … It’s only a matter of time before someone sits in hiding and waits for an ICE agent and tries to take them out. I mean, this is horrendous that a national media outlet will be out there trying to forecast law enforcement operations throughout the country,” Homan said Monday during a podcast appearance. “This is horrendous that a national media outlet is trying to forecast law enforcement operations — DOJ needs to look at this.”
Homan, who led ICE during President Donald Trump’s first term, expressed outrage at CNN’s decision to spotlight the app during a recent segment.
“ICE agents are arresting the worst of the worst … the job’s already dangerous,” Homan continued.
ICE acting Director Todd Lyons echoed Homan’s concerns in a sharply worded statement released Monday.
“CNN’s promotion of an ‘ICE spotting’ app is reckless and irresponsible,” Lyons said. “Advertising an app that basically paints a target on federal law enforcement officers’ backs is sickening. My officers and agents are already facing a 500% increase in assaults.”
“CNN is willfully endangering the lives of officers who put their lives on the line every day and enabling dangerous criminal aliens to evade U.S. law,” Lyons added. “Is this simply reckless ‘journalism’ or overt activism?” --->READ MORE HERE
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested on Monday that CNN was guilty of inciting and “encouraging violence” for its reporting on ICEBlock, a new app that tracks and alerts users to the whereabouts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan asked Leavitt to respond to the CNN report, considering there has been a 500% increase in assaults against ICE agents, according to recent DHS reports. Leavitt said she would need to see the segment herself but condemned CNN for airing it nevertheless.
“Surely, it sounds like this would be an incitement of further violence against our ICE officers,” Leavitt said. “As you know, as you stated, there’s been a 500% increase in violence against ICE agents, law enforcement officers across the country who are just simply trying to do their jobs and remove public safety threats from our communities.”
She continued, “And that’s something we as Americans, including journalists at CNN, who live in many of these cities where illegal aliens are hiding and were let in from the previous administration, should be very grateful for. So we haven’t seen the clip. We’ll take a look at it, but certainly it’s unacceptable that a major network would promote such an app that is encouraging violence against law enforcement officers who are trying to keep our country safe.”
A CNN spokesperson defended the network’s reporting.
“CNN reported on a publicly available app, which is generating attention across the United States, and reached out to ICE for comment prior to publication. After CNN published its reporting, ICE posted a response, which is now included in the story,” the spokesperson told Fox News Digital. --->READ MORE HERE
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