Thursday, June 4, 2026

White House site compares undocumented immigrants to extraterrestrials : NPR

While many may dismiss the wordplay as a joke, even one of bad taste, said Castañeda, "for a few people, it may be another license to act violently against people that they may think are aliens, undocumented. They may be another incitement to hate crimes and to profiling people." 

 The website is yet another example of the Trump administration making light of the toll of immigration enforcement through a "memefied communication style," said Shannon McGregor, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who studies the role of media and social media in political processes. The government's communication, and even governing style, is "wrapped up in 'everything's a joke, nothing matters,' as an excuse for pushing the envelope over and over," she said...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5843359/white-house-gov-website-alien-immigration


 

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