A Department of Justice employee has been terminated after it was revealed that her husband created an app that alerts illegal aliens to ICE activity, allowing them to flee before being detained by federal agents.
Carolyn Feinstein, a forensic accountant based in Texas, worked nearly a decade at the DOJ before she was fired following the exposure of her husband’s controversial app, ICEBlock.
The app notifies users when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are within a five-mile radius. Critics, including law enforcement leaders, say the app is used by criminal aliens to evade federal capture, potentially endangering ICE officers and the public.
“ICEBlock is an app that illegal aliens use to evade capture while endangering the lives of ICE officers,” a DOJ spokesperson told the Daily Beast.“The Department will not tolerate threats against law enforcement or law enforcement officers.”
Feinstein Claims Firing Was Retaliation
Feinstein insists the firing was politically motivated, saying she was punished for the actions of her husband, Joshua Aaron, who built the app.
“This was retribution,” Feinstein said.“I was fired because of the actions, or activism, of my husband.”
She told The Daily Beast she had no role in developing the app, but did inform her DOJ supervisors when her family began receiving death threats following her husband’s public comments.
However, DOJ officials later determined that Feinstein held a minority shareholder stake in All U Chart Inc., the company that owns the ICEBlock intellectual property.
Feinstein claimed the ownership interest was only a legal safeguard in case her husband became incapacitated.
ICE Leaders Demand Accountability
Trump-era immigration leaders, including former acting ICE Director Tom Homan, have called the app dangerous and reckless, arguing it gives a head start to criminals seeking to avoid lawful arrest.
“All [Aaron is] doing is giving a heads-up to criminals,” Homan told Newsmax.“The DOJ needs to throw some people in jail.”
Feinstein says she received her termination letter within 24 hours of Homan’s comments airing.
Developer Compares ICE to Nazis
Joshua Aaron has made no effort to hide his disdain for immigration enforcement. In a CNN interview, he likened Trump’s immigration policies to Nazi Germany, saying:
“We’re literally watching history repeat itself.”
The app has been downloaded nearly one million times, according to reports.
Aaron’s comments prompted a wave of backlash, especially from MAGA supporters and law enforcement. Trump officials like DHS border czar Tom Homan and ICE Acting Director Tom Lyon publicly urged DOJ to investigate any internal links to the app.
DOJ: Investigation Took Weeks
Despite Feinstein’s claims of a rushed termination, the DOJ says it conducted a weeks-long investigation before concluding that her involvement with the app’s parent company was a conflict of interest.
