White House Border Czar Tom Homan unloaded on CNN Monday for promoting an app that allows users to track Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in real-time — calling it “simply disgusting” and demanding a full investigation by the Department of Justice.
The app, known as ICEBlock, encourages users to identify and tag the location of ICE agents, triggering push notifications to others in the area. The stated purpose is to “help people avoid” encounters with federal immigration enforcement, but critics say the implications are far more dangerous.
“It sounds like this would be an incitement of further violence against our ICE officers,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “It’s unacceptable that a major network would promote such an app that is encouraging violence against law enforcement officers who are trying to keep our country safe.”
Homan, a former acting ICE director and now the top White House official on border security, blasted the network and the app’s creators.
“This is just disgusting at every level. Any network that covers that is disgusting as well,” Homan said. “It’s only a matter of time before ICE officers are ambushed by some nut, like what happened in L.A. — Molotov cocktails, bricks — and now we’ve got an app helping them do it?”
CNN’s segment aired Monday morning, with tech reporter Clare Duffy walking viewers through how ICEBlock works. Duffy claimed the developer “does not want people interfering” with ICE agents, but simply wants them to be able to “avoid” enforcement activity. Homan wasn’t buying it.
“This shouldn’t be a partisan issue,” Homan continued. “We’re talking about officers targeting the most dangerous criminals and national security threats. And now they’ve got to worry about being stalked through an app CNN is giving airtime to?”
Assaults on ICE agents have skyrocketed — up 500%, according to Homan — amid a wave of anti-enforcement rhetoric from the left and open defiance from sanctuary cities.
“These guys are already in one of the most dangerous jobs in America,” Homan said. “Now, we’ve got media elites celebrating apps that put targets on their backs? It’s sickening. Lawbreakers are painted as victims while the ones enforcing the law are vilified. That’s the upside-down world we’re living in.”
.@RealTomHoman slams a new app that tracks @ICEgov agents as ‘DISGUSTING!’ pic.twitter.com/eKnfqTPKuZ
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 30, 2025
The White House confirmed that it is reviewing whether the app violates federal laws related to obstruction, aiding illegal immigration, or endangering federal officers.