USA, Oct. 3 -- TECH company Apple removed ICEBlock — the most popular app to track the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency — and similar apps from its App Store, it said on Thursday after it was contacted by US President Donald Trumps administration.

The ICEBlock app alerts users to ICE agents in the area, allowing them to evacuate migrants who may be arrested.

Curtailing illegal immigration has been one of the central domestic policies in Trumps second term at the White House. However, reports suggest that ICE agents , often in masks using unmarked vans, have also detained permanent US residents, visa holders and those involved in pro-Palestinian advocacy.

US broadcast channel Fox Business reported on the apps re...