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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is calling out CNN for what she believes could be criminal conduct—promoting a mobile app that helps undocumented immigrants track and evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. In a Monday interview on Hannity, Noem said CNN’s coverage of the app might amount to “unlawfully assisting” those who are in the country illegally.
The comments come just days after U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi stated she was launching an investigation into whether CNN or the app’s creators may have violated federal law by enabling migrants to dodge enforcement.
Host Sean Hannity opened the discussion by referencing the alarming rise in violence against ICE personnel. “A 700% increase against agents,” Hannity said, before posing the central question: “Are they not aiding and abetting in law-breaking? Are they not responsible for obstructing justice?”
“Yes, absolutely. I believe, in my opinion, that they are,” Noem replied. “And that’s why I’m so thrilled that Pam [Bondi] is willing to be proactive and go after those individuals that would perpetuate this kind of activity against our law enforcement officers.”
The controversy surrounds IceBlock, a mobile application that allows users to report sightings of ICE agents and alert others within a five-mile radius. CNN featured the app in a segment last week, including an interview with its creator, a self-described Antifa member, who promoted it as an “early warning system.”
But to Noem, the implications are deeply troubling. “These ICE agents, Border Patrol agents—they get up every single day trying to get dangerous criminals off the streets,” she said. “And they’re being targeted. Not just them, but their families too. People are doxxing their spouses and threatening their children.”
Noem emphasized that many agents live in the communities they serve, attend the same churches, and send their kids to the same schools. “They’re neighbors trying to protect neighborhoods,” she said. “And CNN is out there explaining how to use technology to expose these operations. That’s shameful—and it could be prosecutable.”
Hannity agreed, turning to CNN’s past reporting on border security. “And you said, ‘I’m calling you out, CNN, because you lie every single day about what these operations are.’”
Noem closed with a pointed rebuke: “For four years, we’ve heard ‘The border is secure’—well, it’s not. And helping people undermine law enforcement isn’t journalism, it’s dangerous.”
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