Bearing False Witness: DHS and ICE Claims That Didn’t Hold Up

A factual record of cases where official accounts collapsed under video and court findings

Time after time, during President Trump’s current “immigration crackdown,” the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been caught lying about what happened during incidents where civilians were hurt or killed.

In most of these cases, federal officials accused the victim of threatening or trying to harm agents. Those claims were later contradicted by video, court rulings, or independent investigations.

What follows is a chronological record of those incidents — using the official statements first, and then what later evidence showed.