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ICE incident data or other official records confirm the cited percentage increases for assaults, vehicle attacks, and death threats over the period referenced.
The quoted statement matches what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are officially claiming. In a January 8, 2026 DHS press release, the department says ICE law enforcement "now face a more than 1,300% increase in assaults, a 3,200% increase in vehicular attacks against them, and an 8,000% increase in death threats," citing internal comparisons of 275 assaults versus 19 the year before, and 66 vehicular attacks versus 2 the previous year. A January 13, 2026 DHS/ICE press release on arrests of "worst of the worst" illegal immigrants repeats almost verbatim that "ICE law enforcement is facing a 1,300% increase in assaults against them, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats." While outside analyses (e.g., NPR and the Los Angeles Times) have questioned the broader context and methodology behind earlier "1,000%+" figures, they confirm that DHS is in fact making such claims and do not provide definitive evidence that these specific internal percentage calculations are numerically false. On the narrow point being checked—that ICE/DHS report large percentage increases of roughly 1,300%, 3,200%, and 8,000%—the evidence shows they clearly and repeatedly do so, so the statement is True because it accurately describes ICE’s reported figures, irrespective of debates about their framing or context.