A new investigation has debunked the Department of Homeland Security’s claim that assaults against immigration enforcement officers have skyrocketed this year.

In September, President Donald Trump wrote in a memo that “riots” in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, had to led to a “more than 1,000 percent increase in attacks” on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

The agency also said last month that ICE agents had been assaulted 238 times between late January and late November of this year, compared to 19 times during the same period in 2024. That represents an increase of 1,153 percent.

DHS, however, has refused to release a complete list of the alleged assaults, and there have been signs—including the case of a Washington, D.C., man who was charged with assault after h

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