DOJ Staffer Suddenly Fired After 10 Years Says It Was 'Retribution' For Husband's Anti-ICE App

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 21: Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on July 21, 2025 in New York City. Lawmakers in New York are introducing a bill that would ban law enforcement officers, including federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, from wearing masks. The bill, sponsored by Assemblymember Tony Simone, would be called the Mandating End of Lawless Tactics (MELT) Act. (Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

A longtime Department of Justice (DOJ) staffer says she was abruptly fired last week as retaliation for her husband's development of an app that alerts users to nearby ICE activity.

Carolyn Feinstein, a forensic accountant who spent nearly 10 years at the DOJ's Office of the U.S. Trustee was terminated on Friday, according to the Daily Beast. The decision came shortly after her husband, Joshua Aaron, appeared on CNN to discuss ICEBlock, an app he created that warns users when ICE agents are nearby.