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Why some apps are tracking immigration agents

Some migrants in the U.S. are relying on apps to tell them where Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents are to avoid arrest. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano has more details.
Jul 17, 2025 (04:22)

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Something that you have to verify. You have to verify that. And now with ICE, it seems like because there is no law preventing it, they seem to have that privilege, and there is a serious concern of also impersonators. It has happened before. It happened in Brooklyn close to where we live where somebody tried to attack a woman pretending to be an ICE agent. So that's something that is, right now, in the minds and in the work of lawmakers across the country who are trying to prevent the masking. Lilia, thank you so much for staying on top of all of this, as you do. Thank you.

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