The House Committee on Homeland Security urged Google and Apple to remove apps that let people track federal immigration agents after a rise in violence against law enforcement across the nation.
Committee Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-N.Y.) and Accountability Chairman Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) sent letters on Dec. 5 to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple head Tim Cook, voicing concerns about the officer-tracking technology.
“The Committee on Homeland Security is investigating mobile applications (apps) potentially hosted by [Apple and Google] that enable users to anonymously report and track the movement of federal law enforcement, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials,” the letters claimed….