{"id":26163,"date":"2026-07-15T17:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=26163"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:06:35","slug":"oia-case-study-finds-egregious-errors-in-white-house-alien-arrest-tracking-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/oia-case-study-finds-egregious-errors-in-white-house-alien-arrest-tracking-website\/","title":{"rendered":"OIA Case Study Finds Egregious Errors in White House \u201cAlien Arrest\u201d Tracking Website"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lynn Tramonte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Courtesy of Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance<\/em><\/p>\n

July 7, 2026: \u201cThey walk among us,\u201d screams the White House\u2019s alien-themed website tracking immigration arrests \u2014 as if immigrants being part of U.S. communities was a problem. Actually, the problem is with this website, full of egregious errors and ham-handed attempts to replace a fact-based narrative with government propaganda.<\/p>\n

Today, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance released its latest data-driven report that shows the Trump administration is lying about who it is arresting, detaining, and deporting. \u201cCounting Errors, Missing Denominators, and Misplaced Arrests: An Ohio Case Study of the White House \u2018Alien Arrest\u2019 Tracker\u201d compares White House data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data, revealing startling discrepancies that show the White House site cannot be trusted.<\/p>\n

\u201cS\u200bomebody in the White House \u200bthinks they can use a juvenile, alien-themed website to feed us a pack of lies, and say that immigrants are dangerous. But \u200bthe people ICE is arresting are just \u200blike you and me, people who just want to live their lives and take care of their families,,\u201d said Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance. \u201cMark Twain said there are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. This website contains all three. The American people deserve truth from our government, not gaslighting. In painstaking detail, our report reveals why this website, and this government, cannot be trusted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comparing the White House data to data from the same source, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests from the Deportation Data Project, the OIA report identified four key problems with the White House site.<\/p>\n

Focusing on Ohio data alone, the White House site identifies barely half of the total ICE arrests, and creates a false impression of actual criminal activity. The site obscures the actual locations of arrests, making it harder for community members to get a real picture of ICE activity in their areas. Finally, the site includes multiple egregious errors, including spelling and parsing mistakes that would be comical if they weren\u2019t so serious, and offers no methodology. It\u2019s difficult to imagine the site underwent any sort of quality review, given the amount of fatal errors in the final product.<\/p>\n

A similar thing happened in 2025, when the Department of Homeland Security published a \u201cname and shame\u201d list of alleged \u201csanctuary cities.\u201d That list also contained numerous misspellings and inaccuracies. After harsh criticism, the government removed the list from its website. Clearly, the latest arrest site deserves a similar fate.<\/p>\n

\u201cCounting Errors, Missing Denominators, and Misplaced Arrests: An Ohio Case Study of the White House \u2018Alien Arrest\u2019 Tracker\u201d was prepared by analyst John Drury.<\/p>\n

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics Courtesy of Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance July 7, 2026: \u201cThey walk among us,\u201d screams the White House\u2019s alien-themed website tracking immigration arrests \u2014 as if immigrants being part of U.S. communities was a problem. Actually, the problem is with this website, full of egregious errors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[320],"class_list":["post-26163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t