Trump admin says assaults on ICE agents up 1,000%. The data refutes that

With the rise in violence that we continue to see against these officers, with that thousand percent increase

it's making sure that they are safe while they do this job and that they get home to their families at night, too, is incredibly important

Violent rhetoric has led to over a one thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, and it has to stop

The White House says assaults on ICE officers have surged more than a thousand percent

However, independent reviews of federal court filings by NPR and Colorado Public Radio tell a different story

Charges for assault on federal officers were up only about 25 percent through mid-September versus a year ago

The Department of Homeland Security has not released the underlying data or methodology to support the 1,000 percent claim, despite repeated requests

The administration's position, reiterated in a September executive order, is that anyone who assaults an ICE agent will face the full extent of the law

Now, there's no question the work has grown riskier. Cases this summer include gunfire aimed at agents in Texas, an agent dragged by a car in California, and a hospitalized officer in Omaha

Assault filings jumped 74% in the most recent quarter, driven largely by confrontations around large ICE operations in Los Angeles

But those numbers fall far short of a 1,000% increase. And critics say exaggerated figures erode public trust and make accountability harder

Former FBI official Bob Pence warns that when law enforcement stats outpace the evidence

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For Straight Arrow News, I'm Lauren Keenan