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You know they're trying to make a bigger deal out of a minor difference when they start throwing out percentages instead of actual numbers. It sounds much better to be able to talk about thousands when the actual difference is a dozen. "Up 1300%" likely means that there was 1 last year, and now there have been 14 this year, an increase of 13 incidents.
Also quoting out this increase without any other context presupposes an apples to apples comparison. As in ICE is the same now as it was then, but we clearly got more violent. Not like there were changes that may have happened in the last year with ICE? Maybe the numbers of their personnel exploded this year? Maybe they specifically recruited those who are unqualified for any other form of law enforcement and emphasized white nationalism in their advertisments? Maybe they were pushed through with little to no training? Maybe they have been lied to about their legal authority and/or told that they are immune to punishment for their illegal actions? Maybe they are demonstrably more violent? Maybe they are systematically kidnapping non-criminals, legal residents, citizens, and children? Maybe they are violating the constitution? Maybe they are shooting people in the streets?
1300%, pfft. Quick question, what's the percent increase in arrests of law-abiding legal residents and citizens? In 4th amendment violations? In murders? Show me those numbers, assholes.