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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday criticized congressional Democrats for planning to launch an online “ICE tracker” that would display federal immigration enforcement activity in the Los Angeles area.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Monday that the tool, developed with House Oversight Committee Democrats, will go live in the coming weeks. Garcia said the website will serve as a “master ICE tracker” compiling verified reports from community members about immigration enforcement actions.
“The Oversight Committee … will be launching on their website a master ICE tracker where we can essentially track every single instance that we can verify,” Garcia said. “It’ll be all available in one central place.”
Democrats described the project as part of a broader inquiry into immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump, which they allege included unlawful detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Bondi condemned the plan, accusing Democrats of undermining law enforcement at a time when many federal employees are already affected by the government shutdown.
“Shutdown Democrats are already refusing to pay our law enforcement agents. Now, @RepRobertGarcia and @SenBlumenthal are trying to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs,” Bondi wrote on X.
Garcia responded to Bondi in her own post to X.
“Hey @AGPamBondi, ICE detaining over 170 U.S. citizens is not them ‘just doing their jobs.’ But since you have the time to tweet at me—when are you going to stop covering for pedophiles and release the Epstein files?” the Democrat wrote.
Garcia and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., have also launched parallel investigations into ICE detention practices, citing a ProPublica report that documented alleged wrongful arrests of more than 170 U.S. citizens by Homeland Security officials. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, they said they were concerned about “unconstitutional detentions” and “disproportionate force” by ICE and Customs and Border Protection officers.
The tracker initiative follows Apple’s removal of ICEBlock. This mobile app allowed users to share and monitor reported ICE activity after the Trump administration raised security concerns earlier this month.
