On the one hand, it is shameful to see Apple capitulate to the Trump administration again for more make-believe, spurious reasons that ICE agents were being targeted and doxxed. That's just patently absurd, but it gives them a pretext for its removal. And doubtless their "request" from Apple carried an implied threat. It always does.

On the other hand, though, some have argued that the app and others like it don't really do what they claim, and just create unnecessary headaches in real immigration cases with false or unverified information. Some have dismissively called them Activism Theatre , promising one thing but delivering very little.

Whatever their results, I'd like to think these sorts of apps were created with good intentions, and actually were meant to protect people from ICE

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