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Documentation or DHS/ICE data show that nearly 1,400 ICE detainers were not honored in North Carolina due to sanctuary policies.
The Department of Homeland Security has, in multiple official communications, explicitly claimed that sanctuary policies were responsible for nearly 1,400 ICE detainers not being honored in North Carolina. For example, DHS’s November 15, 2025 press release announcing “Operation Charlotte’s Web” states that “Sanctuary policies prevented nearly 1,400 detainers from being honored, putting criminal illegal aliens back on Charlotte’s streets.” Subsequent DHS-related statements and coverage (including Axios’ summary of DHS claims during the Charlotte crackdown) repeat this “nearly 1,400 detainers” figure in the same context. Given these records, the specific statement that DHS asserts sanctuary policies prevented nearly 1,400 ICE detainers from being honored in North Carolina is accurate; the fact-check here concerns DHS’s assertion itself, not whether that underlying numerical claim is true. Therefore, the verdict is True because DHS did in fact make this assertion in its official communications.