Joining racial, sexual and religious minorities in Apple's internal list of "protected classes" is ICE, the federal agency whose masked goons may be seen firing pepper rounds at peaceful protestors, roughing up elected officials and zip-tying children. Migrant Insider reports that emails show the company is using this rationale to remove apps where users share news of sightings, raids and other immigration enforcement activity.

According to internal correspondence reviewed by Migrant Insider, Apple told developer Rafael Concepcion that the app violated Guideline 1.1.1, which prohibits "defamatory, discriminatory, or mean-spirited content" directed at "religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, national/ethnic origin, or other targeted groups."

But Apple's justification went further. "In

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