Overview

• On July 2, Rep. Pramila Jayapal accused masked ICE agents of unlawfully kidnapping U.S. citizens and legal residents and insisted that the Trump administration apologize for those operations.
• White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson branded Jayapal’s allegations “disgusting,” defended ICE professionalism, and demanded that the congresswoman retract her statements.
• The administration cited a purported 500 percent increase in assaults on ICE officers this year, a figure that independent data from The New Republic challenge with evidence of a modest rise.
• Former acting ICE director Tom Homan warned that an app tracking enforcement operations could expose agents to ambushes and heighten security risks.
• The confrontation underscores ongoing disputes over ICE’s accountability, legal authority, and the transparency of enforcement data under President Trump’s second term.