Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken down.

However, users and developers of the apps say it's their First Amendment right to capture what Immigration and Customs Enforcement is doing in their neighborhoods — and maintain that most users turn to these platforms in an effort to protect their own safety as President Donald Trump steps up aggressive immigration enforcement across the country.

ICEBlock, the most widely used of the ICE-tracking apps in Apple's app store, is among the apps that were taken down. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said her office reached out to Apple on Thursday "demanding that they remove ICEBlock" and claiming

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