--- title: "The DHS Statistics Director just resigned after the Trump admin blocked him from…" source: "https://x.com/hqnewsnow/status/2087540615688999000" platform: "X / Twitter" factual_accuracy: 32 overall_accuracy: 20 tags: ["immigration policy", "migration policy", "immigration", "government resignation", "data suppression", "immigration data", "public data source", "ice website"] --- # Source fact-check: The DHS Statistics Director just resigned after the Trump admin blocked him from… Original post: https://x.com/hqnewsnow/status/2087540615688999000 Factual accuracy: 32% · Overall accuracy: 20% ## Source post **Target post by @hqnewsnow** > The DHS Statistics Director just resigned after the Trump admin blocked him from publishing monthly reports on immigration data. > > The only remaining public source of data is now the ICE website. https://t.co/vwscSvS5FV > ![image 0](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HPhvIJqW8AAzZZv.jpg) ## Post analysis Verdict: 20% · Model: Kimi K2.6 · Checked on: 13/08/2026 The post contains a kernel of truth but is largely misleading. While the Trump administration did block Marc Rosenblum from publishing monthly immigration‑data reports[^1], the post gets both the timeline and the data landscape wrong. The resignation occurred in **late July 2026** (around July 24–25), not in August as the August 12 post implies[^2]. More significantly, the claim that the ICE website is now the “only remaining public source” of immigration data is false; USCIS still publishes quarterly immigration and citizenship data, the Census Bureau provides immigration statistics, and other federal sources remain publicly available[^3]. By omitting these ongoing sources and presenting weeks‑old news as a fresh resignation, the post exaggerates the disappearance of public immigration data. **Overall validity: 20%** [^1]: [The Trump administration in the United States blocked the Department of Homeland Security Statistics Director from publishing monthly immigration‑data reports.](#2cdck2Gzc5UqIjF35mIT) [^2]: [The Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Statistics Division resigned in August 2026.](#YISR7meOVCKuY3Qso55l) [^3]: [As of August 12 2026, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) website is the only remaining public source of immigration data.](#5y2t7J3kL2fX6fUzo6WX) ## Claims found (3) ### 1. The Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Statistics Division resigned in August 2026. — 0% Model: Kimi K2.6 · Checked on: 13/08/2026 · Detail: /claim/YISR7meOVCKuY3Qso55l - Marc Rosenblum served as the executive director (director) of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Homeland Security Statistics, the department’s statistics office[^1][^2]. - Multiple news sources report that Rosenblum resigned in **late July 2026**, not August 2026[^1][^3]. - A NOTUS article dated July 28, 2026, states that Rosenblum wrote in a LinkedIn post on Saturday that “yesterday was my last day working at DHS,” placing the resignation around July 24–25, 2026[^1]. - The Atlantic explicitly reports that he “resigned in frustration in late July”[^3]. - Because the evidence consistently places the resignation in late July 2026, the claim that it occurred in August 2026 is inaccurate. **Overall validity**: 0% [^1]: [DHS Stats Chief Rips Trump’s ‘War on Immigrants’ in Blistering Resignation Letter - NOTUS — News of the United States](https://www.notus.org/agencies/dhs-immigrants-trump-resignation-letter-marc-rosenblum) [^2]: [DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’ | WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-official-resigns-citing-war-on-immigrants) [^3]: [The Death of Reliable Immigration Data - The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/08/trump-dhs-deportation-data-ice/688220) ### 2. The Trump administration in the United States blocked the Department of Homeland Security Statistics Director from publishing monthly immigration‑data reports. — 95% Model: Kimi K2.6 · Checked on: 13/08/2026 · Detail: /claim/2cdck2Gzc5UqIjF35mIT - The Atlantic reports that Trump officials blocked Marc Rosenblum—the top statistician at the Department of Homeland Security who leads the Office of Homeland Security Statistics—and his team from publishing monthly immigration reports, causing the office’s website to go stale and its enforcement tables to freeze in 2024[^1]. - The Migration Policy Institute independently confirms that the Trump administration stopped releasing detailed monthly immigration enforcement tables after November 2024 and instead began issuing selective statistics through press releases and social media[^2]. - When asked by The Atlantic why Rosenblum’s team had been blocked from publishing, the DHS press office did not answer the question and instead sent an unsigned statement claiming transparency, which further supports the reporting that publication was halted[^1]. **Overall validity**: 95% [^1]: [The Man in Charge of Immigration Data Just Resigned](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/08/trump-dhs-deportation-data-ice/688220) [^2]: [A New Era of Immigration Enforcement Unfolds in the U.S. Interior and at the Border under Trump 2.0 | Migration Policy Institute](https://www.migrationpolicy.org/commentary/new-era-immigration-enforcement-unfolds-us-interior-and-border-under-trump-20) ### 3. As of August 12 2026, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) website is the only remaining public source of immigration data. — 0% Model: Kimi K2.6 · Checked on: 13/08/2026 · Detail: /claim/5y2t7J3kL2fX6fUzo6WX - The Atlantic reports that with DHS’s central data office “muzzled,” the ICE website has been the primary public outlet for certain enforcement statistics, but the article is describing a gap in DHS-wide immigration *enforcement* reporting, not the disappearance of all immigration data[^1]. - USCIS’s official website still hosts a publicly accessible “Immigration and Citizenship Data” page with FY 2026 Q2 quarterly reports (e.g., I‑140, I‑360, N‑400, DACA, I‑765 data), showing it remains an active public source[^2][^3]. - An American Immigration Council analysis published on August 5 2026 explicitly cites USCIS filing data, confirming that USCIS statistics are still available to the public[^4]. - The Migration Policy Institute notes that while some federal immigration enforcement statistics have not been published in 2025–2026, other public sources—including Census Bureau data and USCIS figures—continue to provide immigration statistics[^5]. - Because multiple agencies and organizations still publicly publish immigration data, the claim that the ICE website is the *only* remaining public source is false. **Overall validity**: 0% [^1]: [The Man in Charge of Immigration Data Just Resigned](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/08/trump-dhs-deportation-data-ice/688220) [^2]: [Immigration and Citizenship Data | USCIS](https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/immigration-and-citizenship-data?topic_id%5B%5D=33692&topic_id%5B%5D=33649&ddt_mon=&ddt_yr=&query=&items_per_page=100) [^3]: [Immigration and Citizenship Data | USCIS](https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/immigration-and-citizenship-data) [^4]: [USCIS Filing Trends: New Data Shows Immigration Processing Falling Further Behind - American Immigration Council](https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/uscis-immigration-processing-trends-2026) [^5]: [Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and ...](https://www.migrationpolicy.org/journal/spotlight/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states)