New York Times torched for ‘FALSE’ reporting on ICE investigations, outlet fires back

The Department of Homeland Security and The New York Times are going toe-to-toe aft nan agency accused nan outlet of "false" reporting alleging that national agents crossed nan state were told that nan FBI would not beryllium investigating confrontations pinch ICE officers.

"This is FALSE," DHS posted connected societal media. The agency said that "the narration betwixt DHS and [the Justice Department] successful investigating battle connected national serviceman cases has NOT changed, and [the FBI] will proceed to analyse successful accordance pinch agency policy."

"This management has been clear, anyone who assaults rule enforcement will beryllium prosecuted to nan fullest grade of nan law," DHS added.

In response, Danielle Rhoades Ha, a spokesperson for The New York Times, said nan outlet stands by its reporting, telling Fox News Digital, "We're assured successful nan accuracy of our reporting, which revealed that Federal agents astir nan state were told successful caller days that nan F.B.I. would nary longer analyse confrontations pinch migration agents."

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FBI investigators activity nan segment of an alleged ICE progressive shooting successful Biddeford, Maine, connected July 13, 2026. A personification was killed Monday successful a shooting involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents successful Maine, an charismatic said. The incident comes aft an ICE supplier past week changeable dormant a Mexican man during an cognition successful Houston, Texas. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images)

Rhoades Ha pointed retired that nan communicative "included a associated connection from nan Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security denying that specified a alteration would beryllium enacted."

The outlet reported that national agents astir nan state were told successful caller days that nan FBI would nary longer analyse confrontations pinch immigration agents, cases that The New York Times wrote, "Sometimes output grounds that could beryllium utilized to prosecute Department of Homeland Security agents implicated successful convulsive encounters."

The Times wrote that if specified a argumentation were enacted it would "sharply limit rule enforcement scrutiny of migration agents" and beryllium "effectively leaving nan agency to analyse itself."

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Anti-ICE protesters be a vigil for a man that was killed successful a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), connected July 13, 2026 successful Biddeford, Maine. The unfortunate has been identified arsenic Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old man from Colombia. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

The outlet added that this comes arsenic nan Trump management "draws mounting disapproval complete killings astatine nan hands of national officers."

ICE officers were progressive successful 2 fatal shootings this period successful Maine and Texas. This has led to renewed protests against immigration enforcement operations. DHS, meanwhile, has called attraction to importantly accrued attacks connected national rule enforcement officers successful nan statement of duty.

In consequence to The New York Times, DHS and DOJ doubled down that nan study is categorically mendacious and that nan narration betwixt nan 2 agencies has not changed.

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The unfortunate of a fatal shooting that progressive U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is visible astatine nan segment adjacent nan car he was driving erstwhile agents changeable done nan windshield, successful Biddeford, Maine, July 13, 2026. (Gregory Rec / Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

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In a associated DHS-DOJ connection shared pinch Fox News Digital, nan agencies reaffirmed they are "partners successful addressing crime and upholding nan norm of law, while securing nan information and information of American communities."