ICE officer assaults rose 1,649% in 20 months, DHS reports

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How did the left and right cover ICE officer assaults rose 1,649% in 20 months, DHS reports?

Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 100% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is ICE officer assaults rose 1,649% in 20 months, DHS reports left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.

Is the coverage of ICE officer assaults rose 1,649% in 20 months, DHS reports biased?

ICE officer assaults rose 1,649% in 20 months, DHS reports is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting ICE officer assaults rose 1,649% in 20 months, DHS reports?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered ICE officer assaults rose 1,649% in 20 months, DHS reports?

6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

How much did assaults on ICE officers increase?

Assaults against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers increased by 1,649% between January 2025 and September 2026. The Department of Homeland Security recorded 647 such assaults during that period.

Who did DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin blame for the increase in assaults?

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin blamed "sanctuary politicians" and "vicious lies" for the increase in assaults against ICE officers. He called on these officials to stop attacking federal law enforcement.

What specific incidents were mentioned?

The Department of Homeland Security cited an incident in July 2025 where anti-ICE protesters opened fire on officers at the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas, wounding one officer. Another incident involved the alleged assault of an ICE agent in Nebraska in June 2025.