Trump Says New York Ignored 62.7% of ICE Detainers
Trump cites federal data showing 21,730 detainers lodged in New York and 41,780 criminal charges tied to detainers local authorities declined to honor since January.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump said New York law enforcement agencies refused to honor nearly two-thirds of the immigration holds federal agents requested this year, citing figures he attributed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency that oversees interior immigration enforcement.
The post reported that 62.7% of ICE detainers in New York went unhonored, out of 21,730 detainers lodged. It tied 41,780 criminal charges and convictions to detainers that local authorities declined to honor since January 20, 2025.
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 11 of his 444 posts over the last 30 days classified as immigration posts.
An ICE detainer asks a local jail to hold a person for up to 48 hours beyond a scheduled release so federal agents can take custody, according to immigrantdefenseproject.org. The request is voluntary, and many jurisdictions decline to comply unless federal agents present a judicial warrant, according to americanimmigrationcouncil.org.
New York operates under sanctuary-style policies that limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, according to immigrantjustice.org. State and city measures restrict when jails may hold individuals on ICE requests. Supporters say the limits encourage immigrant communities to report crimes and cooperate with police without fear of deportation, according to ny.gov.
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The stakes fall on two sides of a long-running dispute. Federal officials argue that unhonored detainers release individuals with criminal records back into communities. Immigrant advocates argue that honoring civil detainer requests without a warrant exposes localities to constitutional liability and erodes trust between police and residents, according to musa-obregon.com.
The average New York resident feels the effect through local policing choices rather than direct federal action. When a jurisdiction declines a detainer, jail officials release the individual under normal criminal-justice procedures, and any federal enforcement then relies on ICE locating that person independently.
This has happened before. Clashes between the federal government and jurisdictions that limit detainer cooperation date back years. The underlying legal question of whether localities must honor civil detainer requests has produced repeated court challenges over the constitutionality of holding individuals without a warrant.
The next move rests with ICE and with New York officials who set local compliance policy. A specific date for any change in state or city detainer policy has not been announced, and the figures Trump cited have not been independently verified against ICE’s published records.
Disputes over immigration holds are not the first time Washington and New York have collided over enforcement authority. Federal courts weighed detainer practices in the 2014 case Miranda-Olivares v. Clackamas County, where a judge ruled that holding a person solely on an ICE detainer without probable cause violated the Fourth Amendment. That ruling pushed many jurisdictions across the country to stop honoring detainers absent a judicial warrant, reshaping the very enforcement gap the current numbers describe.
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