The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of US immigration agents sued the Trump administration for free speech violations on Monday, alleging that US Attorney General Pam Bondi used her “state power” to force Apple to remove the app.

Apple, in October, removed ICEBlock and other apps from its app store after Bondi said they put Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at risk by enabling people to track ICE activity in their neighbourhoods.

The lawsuit from ICEBlock app maker Joshua Aaron argues that the government's actions violated the First Amendment.

“We’re basically asking the court to set a precedent and affirm that ICEBlock is, in fact, First Amendment-protected speech and that I did nothing wrong by creating it,” Aaron said in an interview Monday. “And to make sure

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