Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, accused CNN of “encouraging violence” against ICE agents after reporting on the app called ICEBlock. It allows users to alert others if ICE agents are spotted nearby.
Leavitt, who was asked to comment on the CNN segment, said she had not seen it but called it “unacceptable” for a news network to promote the app considering the Trump administration claims assaults on ICE agents have jumped 500%.
Ira Mehlman, of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, tells AFN that ICE is fulfilling its mission by removing illegal aliens. Many others seem determined to stop them, he adds.
“Whether it is done through a private entity that's creating an app, or whether it's done through sanctuary politicians,” Mehlman says, “they have a job to do.”
The number of illegal aliens living in the U.S. is estimated to be 12 million to 20 million.
ICE, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, falls under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security. In recent weeks DHS has been ordered by the White House to find and arrest 3,000 illegal immigrants a week.
Reacting to Leavitt’s comments, a CNN spokesman said the news network reported on a “publicly available app” that is “generating attention across the United States.”
CNN not only reported on the ICEBlock app but also interviewed its tech creator, Joshua Aaron. He compared the mass deportations under the Trump administration to Nazi Germany.
“When I saw what was happening in this country, I wanted to do something to fight back,” Aaron told CNN. “We’re literally watching history repeat itself.”
President Trump, who is routinely compared to Adolf Hitler by Democrats, is following through on a campaign promise to deport illegal immigrants living in the U.S.
Adolf Hitler, who rose to power in Germany as Chancellor, is responsible for the deaths of approximately 12 million, half of them Jews, but also Soviet prisoners, Poles, political opponents, Gypsies, Serbs, and the disabled.
Despite that stark difference, Democrats and the liberal news media keep comparing ICE agents to Hitler and his Brownshirts for conducting nationwide raids.
At a recent House hearing, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) called ICE arrests “Gestapo operations” in his opening statement.
“My dad served in the Second World War. He fought the Nazis in Northern Africa. He fought the Nazis on the Italian peninsula. And I think he's looking down right now, and he's happy that I'm fighting today's Nazis,” Lynch said.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies has vowed to publicly identify ICE agents participating in the arrests.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has compared masked ICE agents to NSC-131, the name of a Massachusetts-based Neo-Nazi group, after ICE ignored Boston’s “sanctuary policy” and made about 1,500 arrests in the Boston area.
