The New York Times treated a routine deportation flight like a humanitarian crisis documentary, serving up breathless accounts of shackles, a so-called “freezer,” and alleged rough handling as if Immigration and Customs Enforcement had invented the concept of removing people who were never supposed to be here in the first place.
Oh, and their source? Illegals who didn't want to be deported in the first place.
We're sure their accounts are totally fair and honest.
Yeah.
Totally.
Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows
— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) August 30, 2026
Our deep look into a deportation flight to Liberia https://t.co/7Uf4ex5MLk
Homeland Security wasted little time calling the whole production a hoax and a pile of garbage, pointing out that no one is being tortured or denied care while also noting that this exact brand of reporting has coincided with a massive spike in assaults on the officers doing the actual work.
Another day and another hoax about ICE detention from the @nytimes. The media is clearly desperate for these false allegations to be true.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 30, 2026
NO ONE is being tortured, denied medical care, or beaten in ICE detention facilities.
Make no mistake: this type of GARBAGE being peddled… https://t.co/C0B868THrr
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... by the media is fueling the more than 1,300% increase in assaults against our officers, who put their lives on the line every day to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens and protect the lives of American citizens.
In the ensuing exchange, the paper of record’s preferred narrative of helpless victims and cartoon villains ran straight into a blunt official denial that left the story looking less like investigative journalism and more like another round of activist stenography that DHS was more than happy to swat out of the air.
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Four journalists from The Times rigorously reported this story, including interviewing 10 people sent from the United States to Africa and obtaining corroborating information about their experiences. The Times sought comment from across the administration, including the… https://t.co/9o2MzfwEpn
— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) August 30, 2026
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... Department of Homeland Security, about the claims of these deportees. This reporting presents a fair, thorough and above all accurate portrayal of the testimonies of those deported to Liberia and Equatorial Guinea.
FOUR WHOLE JOURNALISTS? No way!
In other words, deportees said it was mean and stuff, and since the NYT hates Trump, they ran with it.
Typical.
You're the guys that assured us that Trump was a Russian asset, Covid definitely didn't come from the WIV, the Hunter Biden laptop was a Russian op, and that Biden was sharp as a tack, yes?
— Coffeehouse Talker (@CoffeehouseT) August 31, 2026
Yup.
Took the Times a whole 37 paragraphs to note that their lead alien got pinched for cocaine. https://t.co/Nm1FA72Kfh
— Mike Fragoso (@mike_frags) August 30, 2026
You can bitch and moan all you want to. The illegals you helped traffic into our country are all going back.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 31, 2026
Sorry/not sorry
Didn’t one of your journalists claim that Israel was training rape dogs?
— Reza Chowdhury (@RezaC1) August 30, 2026
@NYTimesPR You interviewed 10 people who didn’t want to be deported, then called their accounts a “fair, thorough and above all accurate portrayal.”
— Noah Webster (@NoahWebsterTX) August 31, 2026
Did it ever occur to you they might be lying? Your own article admits parts of the story couldn’t be independently verified.
BINGO.
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