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Comment by roamerz | Hacker News Reader

I think it’s more about liability that specifically breaking a law. I’m not a lawyer but Apple is knowingly publishing an app that is openly helping people evade and/or break the law AND is putting Law Enforcement in danger. Seems there is some liability there.

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Avoiding being where ICE agents are is not against the law. Even being in the country while eligible for deportation is not against the law.

Crossing the border not at a designated point of crossing is against the law; this app is not for that.

>>Avoiding being where ICE agents are is not against the law. Sure if you are the one avoiding arrest. How about if you rob a bank and I help you evade arrest? You could make a case that these apps are doing something similar. With a good prosecutor I wouldn't want to take my chances defending myself against that.

>>Crossing the border not at a designated point of crossing is against the law; this app is not for that. True - but to argue the point - it could be used for that. If you had a map of where ICE/Border Patrol was it might aid in a successful crossing. Probably a bit OT though.

Being arrested is fine if due process is followed. ICE isn't following due process because they are pieces of shit.

Multiple times now they've been found to have removed innocent people with little chance of recourse. Only after huge public outcry have ICE been shamed into returning a select few.

So 100% people should be avoiding potential removal without due process.

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