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An examination of cases in which people were arrested for supposedly assaulting an immigration agent finds that nearly half of those charges were either dropped or resulted in no conviction \u2014 suggesting that federal law enforcement has engaged in widespread misconduct in carrying out President Donald Trump\u2019s mass deportation campaign.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em> report, published on July 18, examined the close to 550 cases in which individuals \u2014 generally protesters and\/or immigrants \u2014 were arrested for assault due to their alleged conduct during interactions with immigration agents since President Donald Trump returned to office. Of those arrests, 459 cases have been resolved so far.<\/p>\n

Of those, 246 cases ended in a guilty plea from those who were charged. Only four cases that went to trial resulted in a conviction. <\/p>\n

Conversely, 213 of the total assault cases observed resulted in jury acquittals, judges tossing out the charges, or prosecutors withdrawing the case. <\/p>\n

The DOJ is accustomed to a higher success rate, with around 90 percent of people who face charges from the department typically either being found guilty or making a guilty plea arrangement. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere seems to be a pattern of charges being filed without any merit,\u201d former Chicago-based federal prosecutor Jimmy Arce told the Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The report comes as federal immigration agencies, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), are facing renewed scrutiny for their violent tactics in cities across the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) temporarily suspended ICE agents from engaging in traffic stops after agents shot and killed two men, one from Maine and the other from Texas. Neither individual was engaged in illegal actions at the time of their stop.<\/p>\n

After that enforcement action was halted, President Donald Trump intervened, demanding on Truth Social that the pause be lifted. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe CANNOT give up one of ICE\u2019s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP! Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal\u2019s hands,\u201d Trump wrote. <\/p>\n

In the wake of these killings, new polling reveals that most Americans are deeply distrustful of ICE.<\/p>\n

, only 38 percent of voters say they have \u201ca great deal\u201d of or \u201csome\u201d confidence in the agency. Meanwhile, 53 percent said they have \u201conly a little\u201d or no confidence \u201cat all\u201d in ICE. <\/p>\n

A plurality of respondents, 48 percent, said they\u2019d like to see the agency abolished, with 40 percent disagreeing.<\/p>\n

Trump himself has seen his polling numbers on immigration slip dramatically. Once a strong issue for the president, only 39 percent now approve of how he\u2019s handling immigration, according to the poll, while 54 percent disapprove.<\/p>\n

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One former prosecutor suggested that many of the arrests were \u201cbeing filed without any merit.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"\nAttempts to Charge People With Assaulting Immigration Agents are Falling Apart - Smart Moving Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1087\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Attempts to Charge People With Assaulting Immigration Agents are Falling Apart - Smart Moving Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One former prosecutor suggested that many of the arrests were \u201cbeing filed without any merit.\u201d\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1087\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smart Moving Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-21T22:09:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1087#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1087\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ec0d70042821fd684a174c8d0e8becfa\"},\"headline\":\"Attempts to Charge People With Assaulting Immigration Agents are Falling Apart\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-21T22:09:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1087\"},\"wordCount\":493,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1087#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/890d736d2ad56ac35695cb41b19d8765.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1087#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1087\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartmovinghome.com\\\/?p=1087\",\"name\":\"Attempts to Charge People With Assaulting Immigration Agents are Falling Apart - 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