U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized a CNN report highlighting an app that alerts users to nearby Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sightings and warned the developer to "watch out ...

Joshua Aaron has worked in and around the tech industry for around two decades. He built his first app — a blackjack game — at computer camp when he was 13.

ICEBlock allows its users—of which there are over 30,000, according to the app's developer—to upload sightings of ICE activity. They can pinpoint the location on a map, and offer additional ...

A few users expressed bitter disillusionment with the political divide over surveillance. “Mass surveillance was something right-wingers always said they would fight against.

ICE did not respond to CNN’s request for comment regarding the app or Aaron’s characterization of the agency’s activity prior to this story’s publication.

“When I saw what was happening in this country, I wanted to do something to fight back,” Aaron told CNN, adding that the deportation efforts feel, to him, reminiscent of Nazi Germany.

ICE did not respond to a request for comment from CNN about the app or Aaron’s characterizations of its actions. ICEBlock doesn’t collect personal data, and users are completely anonymous ...

ICE did not respond to a request for comment from CNN about the app or Aaron’s characterizations of its actions. ICEBlock doesn’t collect personal data, and users are completely anonymous ...

ICE did not respond to a request for comment from CNN about the app or Aaron’s characterizations of its actions. ICEBlock doesn’t collect personal data, and users are completely anonymous ...

“When I saw what was happening in this country, I wanted to do something to fight back,” Aaron told CNN, adding that the deportation efforts feel, to him, reminiscent of Nazi Germany.