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An app that warns of ICE raids — inspired by the memory of the Holocaust

JL;DR SUMMARY Joshua Aaron, creator of the ICEBlock app, helps undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles by alerting them to ICE raids. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationImmigrationHolocaust MemoryCivil LibertiesDeportationJewish ResponseIceIceblockJoshua AaronTechnology In Activism

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"Federal immigration agents near MacArthur Park in the Westlake area of Los Angeles on July 7."
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
"Aaron grew up in a traditional Jewish household in Cleveland:"
El Salvador
"The administrations efforts to send detainees out of the country to El Salvador, Venezuela and Africa also resonated with Aaron."
Venezuela
"The administrations efforts to send detainees out of the country to El Salvador, Venezuela and Africa also resonated with Aaron."
United States
"Los Angeles is living a different reality than the rest of the United States right now."

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