Joshua Aaron built ICEBlock to help people know when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were nearby. Now he's suing the Trump administration for forcing Apple to remove it.

The New York Times reports that Aaron, an Austin-based developer, filed suit Monday in federal court claiming the administration violated the First Amendment when it threatened to criminally prosecute him and pressured Apple to pull the app — which Apple did in October.

ICEBlock works like Waze for immigration enforcement: users anonymously report ICE agent sightings within a 5-mile radius. Alerts don't include photos or videos and expire in four hours. 10

Attorney General Pam Bondi's statement made the government's role explicit: "We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from the

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