How many ICE agents have been harassed at home?
Executive summary
There is no authoritative, reported count of how many ICE agents have been "harassed at home" in the sources provided; the available reporting documents a large leak of personal information that could enable home harassment and agency claims of sharp increases in threats and attacks, but it does not translate those data into a verified tally of home-targeted harassment [1] [2] [3]. The closest concrete figures in the record are: an alleged leak exposing around 4,500 agents’ personal details and DHS statistics showing steep rises in assaults, vehicular attacks and death threats against ICE personnel — none of which specify how many incidents occurred at agents’ private residences [1] [2] [3].
1. The single statistic readers latch onto — a 4,500-name leak — and what it actually means
Reporting from The Independent, The Daily Beast and The Daily Beast–sourced accounts say sensitive details for roughly 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees were published by a whistleblower and shared on a public site, a data point repeatedly cited in coverage [1] [2]. That figure describes the scale of exposed personal information, not an enumeration of abuse at homes, and while a published roster materially increases the risk that some agents would be contacted, threatened or harassed at home, the sources do not translate the leak into a verified number of home harassment incidents [1] [2].
2. DHS’s broader claim of surging attacks and threats — relevant but not dispositive
The Department of Homeland Security released statistics documenting large percentage increases in assaults, vehicular attacks and death threats against ICE law enforcement over a recent 12‑month window, and it explicitly warns of doxing and harassment against officers [3]. Those DHS figures show a rising risk environment — for example, reporting 66 vehicular attacks in one period versus two the year before — but the release does not break those figures down into incidents that took place at officers’ private residences or quantify “harassment at home” specifically [3].
3. Local affidavits, advocacy reporting and privacy investigations show concern but no headcount
ICE field leadership and local reporting have alleged doxing and use of personal data to intimidate agents; for instance, a San Francisco ICE director wrote that agents face doxing and harassment, and MPR News has reported investigations into agents allegedly accessing private data to track activists [4] [5]. Advocacy groups and legal resources note many reports of ICE encounters being recorded or followed in public, and warn about privacy and safety implications, but these items document patterns and allegations rather than provide a verified numeric total of home harassment [6] [5].
4. Two narratives collide: agency security framing vs. accountability and protest context
DHS, law‑enforcement allies and some local leaders frame the uptick in threats as a security crisis that includes doxing and targeted harassment, using the 4,500‑name leak and threat statistics as evidence [3] [1] [2]. Critics and civil‑liberties groups contextualize public resistance — including protests against aggressive enforcement — and raise concerns about unaccountable federal policing; however, neither side, in the materials provided, offers a verified count of agents harassed at their homes, and motivations in press releases and advocacy pieces reflect distinct agendas that shape how incidents are described [3] [7] [8].
5. Bottom line: the question cannot be answered definitively from available reporting
None of the provided sources supply a documented, corroborated tally of ICE agents who have been harassed at home; the evidence base includes an alleged 4,500‑person data leak that raises credible risk [1] [2], DHS statistics showing more assaults and threats overall [3], and investigative reporting that documents doxing and privacy abuses [5], but none equate to a verified number of home‑targeted harassment incidents. Any precise figure would require DHS, local law‑enforcement, or independent researchers to report incidents specifically labeled and confirmed as harassment at agents’ private residences — a dataset not present in these sources [3] [5] [1].