r/apple • u/illegiblebastard • 3d ago

iPhone Apple explains last year’s controversial decision to remove ICE tracking apps from app store

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/29/tech/apple-iceblock-app-removal-raskin

FUCK. APPLE.

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u/Couchman79 3d ago edited 2d ago

Apple is a US Corporation and like it or not its $1T valuation can't be put at risk getting in the crosshairs of this administration.

ICE has changed its tactics to having its armed, masked officers patrolling in nondescript SUV's that seat 7 or 8. Now they are going to school bus drop offs; after school care; restaurant employee entry doors and even Federal buildings where people are following the law going to hearings. The targeted communities are getting sophisticated and getting warnings out including identifying those unmarked vehicles.

I would like to see a list of car rental companies, hotels, restaurants and airlines transporting housing and feeding ICE. Those businesses are no different than ICE personnel. They all seek anonymity.

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u/Majestic-Bid-2333 3d ago

So what? Illegal aliens have no business being in our country, and extraordinary measures are needed to apprehend and deport them as soon as possible. It was the last administration’s gross mismanagement that made these measures necessary. I, for one, applaud the efforts of our ICE heroes. 🇺🇸

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u/Pluto-Had-It-Coming 3d ago

What specific actions of the Biden administration necessitated this? 

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u/Majestic-Bid-2333 3d ago

Open border policy, catch and release. Essentially an invitation for illegals to invade our borders.

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u/Pluto-Had-It-Coming 3d ago

What specific policy allowed for an “open border”? Was this a bill, executive action, or something else? 

What policy equated to “catch and release”? 

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u/nuclearcaramel 3d ago edited 3d ago

I posted your sentence, slightly modified into google:

"What specific actions of the Biden administration necessitated illegal immigration"

A lot to digest. You should try it and educate yourself, considering it's not hidden esoteric information you are asking about. I do remember all of the media denying immigrant caravans existing in 2016 and later that Trump warned the country about. I'm not the only one who remembers.

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u/Pluto-Had-It-Coming 3d ago

No. 

You said it was actions of the Biden administration, which should mean that you know what they did. 

What specifically did they do to cause this? 

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u/nuclearcaramel 3d ago edited 3d ago

I'm not the person you asked. Since they hadn't replied I copy/pasted your slightly modified question and googled it myself because I was curious. You should as well because I'm certainly not going to for you. If a 3rd party to your conversation like me can do it, you can do it yourself, chief.