DOJ may face investigation over removal of ICE agent tracking apps

The House Judiciary Committee wants the U.S. Department of Justice to hand over all communications with Apple and Google regarding the companies’ decisions to remove apps that share information about sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Several apps were removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in October. Policy reported that Raskin contacted Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“The campaign of coercion and censorship, which ultimately targets users of ICE surveillance apps, is a clear effort to silence critics of this administration and suppress any evidence that would expose the administration’s lies, including its Orwellian attempts to cover up the murders of Renée and Alex,” Raskin wrote to Bondi.

—Mat Smith

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