Trump Says 62.7% of New York ICE Detainers Were Ignored
Trump posts an ICE-sourced graphic claiming 21,730 detainers were lodged in New York and nearly two-thirds went unhonored since January 20, 2025.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump said 62.7% of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers lodged in New York have gone unhonored, citing federal enforcement data.
The claim rests on a graphic Trump shared on truthsocial attributing its figures to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency that requests local jails to hold suspected noncitizens for transfer. The graphic states 21,730 detainers were lodged and 41,780 criminal charges and convictions were tied to detainers that local authorities declined to honor since January 20, 2025.
“NEW YORK ICE DETAINERS. 62.7% of ICE detainers have NOT been honored. 21,730 ICE detainers have been lodged. 41,780 criminal charges and convictions related to detainers not honored. SOURCE: U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. DATA SINCE 1/20/2025,” the graphic read.
The message targets a long-running fight over sanctuary policies that limit cooperation between local police and federal immigration officers. A detainer is a request, not a warrant, and courts have held that local agencies are not compelled to comply, according to immigrantjustice.org. New York’s laws restrict when local jails may hold people for ICE, according to ny.gov.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “NEW YORK ICE DETAINERS 62.7% of ICE detainers have NOT been honored. 21,730 ICE detainers have been lodged. 41,780 criminal charges and convictions related to detainers not honored. SOURCE: U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT DATA SINCE 1/20/2025” on August 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM ET.
This is Trump’s 9th message released today, and the last post was 4 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 16 of his 467 posts over the last 30 days classified as immigration posts.
President Donald J. Trump shared a graphic on Truth Social at WASHINGTON D.C.
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The stakes fall on both sides of the enforcement line. The administration argues that unhonored detainers release people who face criminal charges back into communities, according to ice.gov. Immigrant-rights groups counter that detainers can hold people without a judge’s warrant and expose local governments to legal liability, according to immigrantdefenseproject.org. Local sheriffs and city budgets sit in the middle, weighing federal pressure against state law.
Detainer disputes have surfaced before. ICE has released detainer declination reports in prior years, and jurisdictions from New York to California have limited cooperation through statute and court settlement. Federal courts have repeatedly found that holding a person solely on a detainer, absent a warrant, can violate the Fourth Amendment, according to immigrantjustice.org.
For the average reader, the numbers frame a question about who decides local detention policy. State lawmakers, city councils and county sheriffs set the rules that govern whether a jail answers an ICE request, and those choices shape release decisions in courthouses nationwide.
The next move rests with state and local officials who administer detainer policy and with ICE, which continues publishing enforcement data. A specific date for any policy decision or legal ruling tied to these figures has not been announced.
Standoffs between Washington and New York over immigration enforcement are not new. In 1996, Congress passed a welfare and immigration overhaul that pressed localities to share information with federal officers, according to ibtimes.com. New York City challenged parts of that framework in the late 1990s, and a federal appeals court in 1999 upheld the disclosure requirements while the city kept narrower confidentiality rules. The clash left mayors managing a patchwork of federal demands and local limits that endures today.
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