Karoline Leavitt Criticizes CNN Over Coverage of ICE Tracking App, Claims It Could Incite Threats Against Agents
- CNN aired a segment promoting ICEBlock, an app that warns users of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in real time.
- The segment appeared amid recent ICE raids around Los Angeles and a reported 500% increase in assaults against ICE officers.
- ICE acting Director Todd Lyons and former Border Czar Tom Homan condemned the coverage as reckless, claiming it endangers officers by revealing their locations.
- Lyons criticized the promotion of the app, saying it effectively marks federal law enforcement officers as targets amid a surge in violence, while the White House communications team warned that the coverage could provoke additional attacks.
- This controversy highlights growing tensions over immigration enforcement and raises questions about media responsibility and risks to law enforcement safety.
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ICE chief slams CNN for promoting ‘disgusting' app that tracks immigration raids
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons tore into CNN on Monday, accusing the network of endangering federal agents by promoting an app that alerts users to nearby immigration enforcement activity. Appearing on Newsmax’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Lyons launched a forceful condemnation of CNN’s coverage of the a...
Karoline Leavitt accuses CNN of ‘encouraging violence’ against ICE agents with new tracking app
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.
ICE Chief Calls Out CNN for 'Willfully Endangering' Officers with 'Sickening' Segment
Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd M. Lyons slammed CNN Monday, accusing the network of putting his officers in danger by publicizing an app that allows users to track […] The post ICE Chief Calls Out CNN for 'Willfully Endangering' Officers with 'Sickening' Segment appeared first on The Western Journal.
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