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Karoline Leavitt Criticizes CNN Over Coverage of ICE Tracking App, Claims It Could Incite Threats Against Agents
- On Monday, CNN reported on ICEBlock, an iPhone app that anonymously tracks and alerts users to nearby ICE agent sightings in real time.
- The Trump administration criticized the report, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stating on Tuesday they are pursuing DOJ prosecution of CNN for promoting the app.
- ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons called the app dangerous amid a 500% rise in assaults on officers, describing the report as reckless and enabling criminal evasion.
- CNN defended its coverage, noting the app is publicly available, they included ICE comments, and presented multiple viewpoints on immigration enforcement and public reactions.
- The controversy highlights sharp tensions over immigration enforcement, media coverage, and legal boundaries between informing the public and endangering law enforcement.
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A service with which sightings of ICE deportation agents can be reported storms the app charts. Because CNN reported on the offer, the justice minister and the Homeland Security minister threaten the station.
The Administration stepped out against CNN for its coverage of an application to track live operations against illegal immigration. Called ICEBlock, it allows users to anonymously report immigration raids. Read more]]>
Trump administration working to prosecute CNN for promoting ICE tracker, ‘false reports’ about Iran
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed on Tuesday that she is working with the Justice Department to see if the Trump administration can prosecute CNN for promoting an app that alerts users to nearby Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in…
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