A Justice Department employee claims she was fired after DOJ learned her husband had developed a phone app that alerts people of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.
The app, ICEBlock, was launched in early April by musician and developer Joshua Aaron, who told news outlets he wanted to do something "to fight back" against raids designed to arrest illegal migrants with criminal histories.
The app sends alerts to users when ICE agents are within a 5-mile radius of their location, allowing targets to flee.
Aaron's wife, Carolyn Feinstein, told The Daily Beast her position was terminated in "retribution" against her husband's work. She had been a DOJ forensic accountant for nearly a decade.
"This was retribution. I was fired because of the actions, or activism, of my husband," Feinstein told the outlet. "It is insulting to me because I dedicated myself and my career to serving the people of the United States, and now the DOJ is claiming I was attempting to harm some of them. And that's not true."
She added that her firing came "within 24 hours" of border czar Tom Homan telling Newsmax that "all [Aaron is] doing is giving a heads up to criminals."
Feinstein said she informed the DOJ of her relationship with Aaron after media first reported about the app three weeks ago.
"Since we live in the same house, I thought it was pertinent to contact my employer, the DOJ, to notify them of death threats that were coming in and just in case I needed to be out of the office, so they would be prepared," she told the Daily Beast.
"I informed them in so many words that I really didn't have any relationship or involvement in the app, I was married to the creator."
Attorney General Pam Bondi on June 30 warned Aaron that the doxxing of ICE officials and outing the location of federal officials is a serious offense.
After CNN reported about the app, President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem each said the administration was looking into whether it can prosecute the network over its reporting of both the ICEBlock app, and the recent bombings of Iran's nuclear facilities.
Todd Lyons, ICE acting director, criticized CNN, telling Newsmax's Rob Schmitt promotion of the app was "disgusting" and warning that the platform puts law enforcement officers in danger.
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