How ICE and CBP Use Free Walkie-Talkie App ‘Zello’ to Power Their Operations
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· Feb 23, 2026 at 9:51 AM
404 Media found multiple users of Zello, an app previously used by January 6 insurrectionists, linked to ICE officials. An officer at the scene of an CBP official shooting a U.S. citizen also used the app.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials, including a CBP officer who was on the scene when another officer shot a U.S. citizen, are using a free walkie talkie app called Zello to coordinate their operations, 404 Media has found.
The findings give insight into the sort of technology that ICE and CBP are relying on during the Trump administration’s ongoing mass deportation effort. Zello was previously criticized for allowing at least two January 6 insurrectionists who broke into the Capitol to coordinate on the app that day, and for hosting hundreds of far-right channels.
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