VIOLENCE AGAINST ICE AGENTS AND FACILITIES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement on X part of Homeland Security; official account2026-10-21

VIOLENCE AGAINST ICE AGENTS AND FACILITIES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Our brave law enforcement is facing more than a 1,600% increase in assaults, 3,300% increase in vehicular attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats against them. ICE will continue restoring law and order by removing illegal aliens from our country. We will NOT be deterred by lunatics who threaten and attack the brave patriots of ICE.

Posted on X 2026-10-21 by @ICEgov · View on X →

What the model flagged

Analyzed 2026-10-21 15:20 UTC.

Findings may include language that is quoted rather than the speaker's own, and the model over-reads ceremonial language (tributes, anniversaries) as persuasion. Check each finding against the original.

Appeal to Fear 60%

Cites huge percentage increases in assaults and death threats to create alarm about threats to agents.

“an 8,000% increase in death threats against them”

Card Stacking 50%

Presents extraordinary, unsourced statistics without context or baseline, implying they are established fact.

“more than a 1,600% increase in assaults, 3,300% increase in vehicular attacks”

Loaded Language 50%

Emotionally positive framing of law enforcement as 'brave' to generate sympathy.

“Our brave law enforcement”

Euphemistic State Language 40%

Sanitised bureaucratic phrasing 'removing' obscures the harm of deportation operations.

“restoring law and order by removing illegal aliens”

Name Calling 75%

Labels opponents 'lunatics' to discredit them rather than address their arguments.

“lunatics”

Looks up the post's factual claims in fact-checkers, primary sources and wire reporting.

Full analysis, paragraph by paragraph

The complete text as analyzed. Highlighted paragraphs are where the model found a technique.

VIOLENCE AGAINST ICE AGENTS AND FACILITIES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Our brave law enforcement is facing more than a 1,600% increase in assaults, 3,300% increase in vehicular attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats against them. ICE will continue restoring law and order by removing illegal aliens from our country. We will NOT be deterred by lunatics who threaten and attack the brave patriots of ICE.

Appeal to Fear Cites huge percentage increases in assaults and death threats to create alarm about threats to agents. Flagged: “an 8,000% increase in death threats against them”.

Card Stacking Presents extraordinary, unsourced statistics without context or baseline, implying they are established fact. Flagged: “more than a 1,600% increase in assaults, 3,300% increase in vehicular attacks”.

Loaded Language Emotionally positive framing of law enforcement as 'brave' to generate sympathy.

Euphemistic State Language Sanitised bureaucratic phrasing 'removing' obscures the harm of deportation operations.

Name Calling Labels opponents 'lunatics' to discredit them rather than address their arguments.

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