Trump’s New ‘Aliens’ Website Exploits UFO Intrigue to Demean Immigrants
The site lists over 3 million encounters and 200,000 arrests, but the sourcing for the immigration figures is unclear, critics said.
- The White House launched Aliens.gov last week, a website using sci-fi aesthetics and 'The X-Files' references to display immigration enforcement data mapped as purported 'alien encounters' among undocumented immigrants.
- While the site displays over 3 million 'ENCOUNTERS,' it remains unclear what this total includes; Immigration and Customs Enforcement data cited differs from the Deportation Data Project's tabulation of over 300,000 arrests in shorter time frames.
- University of New Mexico professor Michael Lechuga argues the term 'alien' has historically stripped immigrants of personhood, making them easier to villainize in political discourse. Historians share this view of dehumanizing language.
- City Councilwoman Kendra Brooks denounced the site as 'an embarrassment and completely beneath the dignity of the White House,' arguing taxpayer-funded internet trolling diminishes American values and leadership.
- Source code analysis reveals AI-generated comments like 'add some breathing room,' suggesting authoritarian design undertones. Expert Castañeda warns depicting immigrants as extraterrestrials instills fear and could incite violence.
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When the Trump administration registered the domains Aliens.gov and Alien.gov in March, UFO conspiracy theorists wondered if they would finally get long-awaited answers.
White House compares migrants to space aliens
A migrant advocacy organization that helps refugees throughout the world is taking offense to a White House website that says "aliens have been walking among us." Hilary Chester, vice president of international and domestic programs for Jesuit Refugee Service/USA tells Border Report Live that the references are dehumanizing and poke fun at migrants comparing them to space aliens.
The White House's new site about 'aliens' has nothing to do with UFOs
Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter, for all the news you need to start your day.“THEY WALK AMONG US,” declares a new White House webpage in large, luminous green letters against a dark starry background. Above the title is the word “DECLASSIFIED.”The website, aliens.gov, continues to talk about the threat of “aliens” with the opening credits of The X-Files playing in the background, spitting out one letter at a time: “they do not belon…
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