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A new report shows how Immigration and Customs Enforcement pushing out Videos of the arrests on its social media platforms.
Over the past year, ICE and other federal agencies Used memes and popular social media trends To promote President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. Now, Washington Post The public affairs team at ICE—which falls under the Department of Homeland Security—is reported to be led by Secretary Kristi Noem – Has worked closely with the White House to produce videos of agents confronting and arresting immigrants.
Post reviewed thousands of internal messages between ICE officers for its report.
David LaPan, a retired Marine Corps colonel and former DHS press secretary under the first Trump administration, said the agency’s use of social media is a far cry from the more “professional and buttoned-up” strategies under the previous administration.
“We should have presented the facts, not exaggerated things. But this has turned into propaganda and fear-mongering,” he said. Post“We didn’t have this memoir of various serious operations, these things that are life or death, ,,, It’s no joke, But that’s how they’re treating it now,”
The White House directed the agency in June to begin “flooding the airwaves,” according to a message from an ICE official published by . Post,
“We need everyone’s cooperation today to begin ‘flooding the airwaves’ as directed by the White House on all ICE arrests nationwide. Request that social and traditional media be flooded with imagery of ICE arrests,” the official reportedly wrote.
A message exchange published by Post An ICE video producer and an ICE officer appear to be discussing how to produce videos of recent arrests.
An ICE video producer said, “We made several dozen arrests very quickly today. Not sure if all of them have criminal histories other than being in the US illegally.”
An ICE official responded, “I would like to try to bring this to light without focusing on the aliens or their crimes, but rather to demonstrate that we are working hard.”
Another exchange published by Post It appears that a different ICE video producer and the ICE Assistant Director for Public Affairs are discussing which song to include in the video.
The producer said, “Think about country songs…this is Houston after all.”
The assistant public affairs director responded, “I think we need something fancier.”
Some recent pro-ICE videos have used popular songs such as Sabrina Carpenter’s “Juno” and SZA’s “Big Boys”, drawing sharp reactions from the artists. Carpenter captioned the video for his song “evil and disgustingWhile SZA accused the White House ofAnti-Anger Artist for Free Promo,
ICE officials have also worked to prioritize the Trump administration’s message that officers are targeting “the worst people.” Post Report. According to the outlet, ICE public affairs officials have also been asked to rewrite news releases and online posts to include more offensive language.
An unnamed ICE official said, “If the truth of the operation does not match the ‘worst of the worst’ narrative, it will be killed.” Post,
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said Independent President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are “saving lives, and we’re proud of it.”
“After four years of sleepy Joe Biden’s administration doing nothing but letting millions of criminal illegal aliens invade our country, it’s not surprising that career DHS bureaucrats are complaining to the media when they finally have to do their jobs,” he said.
“President Trump and his entire team are working very quickly to keep our promises, deport criminal illegal aliens, and get information out to the public – it’s a good thing and the American people deserve nothing less, no matter what Washington Post Or as disgruntled employees try to say,” she said.
DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said Post The White House has granted DHS and ICE “autonomy to create content that effectively reaches the American public.” He also said that social media posts using copyrighted material were pre-approved by Trump administration lawyers.
Independent DHS has been contacted for comment.