The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attacked The Washington Post over a report about footage of immigration operations the outlet characterized as misleading.
The Post reported Wednesday that an August DHS post, in which a department staffer says that federal officers were on the job “day and night to arrest, detain and deport vicious criminals from our nation’s capital,” featured multiple clips from operations months prior and outside the District of Columbia.
“What a dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate piece from @WashingtonPost,” the DHS wrote in a post Wednesday on social platform X, featuring a screenshot of a report from the Post.
”Brutal assaults, and attacks by antifa terrorists have surged against our officers for months now, and the Washington Post has completely ignored them,” the department added.
Clips of operations, such as those used in the DHS video in question, have been used by administration officials in a minimum of six pro-President Trump immigration agenda videos put out within the last three months, according to the Post.
Dan Lamothe, a journalist for the Post, shot back at the DHS in a post Wednesday on X, saying that the DHS’s post “includes only a Washington Post headline.”
“Here’s the actual story, laying out detailed reporting with receipts,” Lamothe added, featuring a link to the report.
Since Trump’s return to office in January, the administration has heavily cracked down on immigration, increasing raids across the country.
Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons said New York City would experience a higher rate of immigration arrests in the wake of protesters confronting officers amid an operation.
“You will see an increase in ICE arrests because there are so many criminals and illegal aliens that have been released in New York, specifically,” Lyons said on Fox News.
Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., among other cities, have also been targeted by the administration.
The Hill has reached out to the Post for comment.
