Google, Apple urged by House committee to pull apps tracking ICE agents

The House Committee on Homeland Security called on Google and Apple to outline what action is being taken to remove apps that allow users to track federal immigration agents in efforts to send warnings about immigration enforcement activity.The committee sent letters on Friday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook singling out ICEBlock, an app previously used to monitor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.Google said in October that ICEBlock was never available on its Pl