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Release asserts very large percentage increases in assaults and vehicle attacks against ICE officers

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The cited percentage increases in assaults and vehicular attacks against ICE officers are supported by verifiable incident data covering an explicitly defined time period.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced an investigation into a female U.S. citizen who twice attempted to purchase a firearm in Kenmore, New York and said she wanted to “buy a gun to protect herself from ICE Agents, and also to kill ICE Agents.” ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations and the New York State Police are probing the purchase attempts. DHS officials, including Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin and Secretary Kristi Noem, condemned rhetoric that they say dehumanizes officers and urged the public to report doxing or harassment of ICE personnel via a phone hotline or online tip form. The release also cites DHS claims of large percentage increases in assaults and vehicular attacks against ICE officers.
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The DHS press release (DHS.gov) does include the quoted line and the exact figures: it states a "more than 1,300% increase in assaults" and a "3,200% increase in vehicular attacks" and attributes them to "radical rhetoric by sanctuary politicians." Independent reporting (e.g., Los Angeles Times and NPR) documents that DHS has not published a methodology or full underlying data for those percentage increases and that the percentages are based on small baseline counts, which critics say makes the spike misleading. Verdict: True — the DHS release does make the claim as quoted; however, independent analyses raise significant questions about the underlying data and context for those percentages.

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  1. Update · Jan 27, 2026, 09:51 PMTrue
    The DHS press release (DHS.gov) does include the quoted line and the exact figures: it states a "more than 1,300% increase in assaults" and a "3,200% increase in vehicular attacks" and attributes them to "radical rhetoric by sanctuary politicians." Independent reporting (e.g., Los Angeles Times and NPR) documents that DHS has not published a methodology or full underlying data for those percentage increases and that the percentages are based on small baseline counts, which critics say makes the spike misleading. Verdict: True — the DHS release does make the claim as quoted; however, independent analyses raise significant questions about the underlying data and context for those percentages.
  2. Original article · Jan 27, 2026
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