Overview
- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of Kae Rosado and Mark Hodges, whose Facebook group and Eyes Up app documented public ICE activity.
- The complaint names Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, alleging they coerced Apple and Facebook to remove ICE-monitoring tools in October 2025.
- Apple later said it pulled ICEBlock and similar apps, including Eyes Up, based on information from law enforcement about safety risks to officers, after Bondi publicly said she demanded the removals.
- Facebook removed Rosado’s Chicago-focused group that had more than 84,000 members after Justice Department outreach, according to Bondi’s public statements and the lawsuit.
- Noem said one app “sure looks like” obstruction of justice and discussed potential prosecutions, while House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin announced a related oversight investigation this month.