White House's Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens
5 hours ago
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- White House launched Aliens.gov, a space-themed website mocking immigrants by comparing them to extraterrestrials, using the tagline 'They walk among us'.
- The site claims ICE arrested nearly half a million people across almost 12,000 U.S. locations, including listings where arrestees are identified as U.S.-born or in cases where all arrestees are Americans.
- Data on the site shows many arrests for non-criminal offenses like 'Immigration' or 'Public Peace', and over one-fifth of locations list no criminal charges.
- The website includes fake elements, such as a counter labeled 'encounters' that displays a hand-typed number not matching official ICE data, and was meant to play the X-Files theme song without clear copyright permission.
- White House later updated the data, reducing arrest listings by over 270,000 after acknowledging inclusion of non-immigration arrests, while critics argue the site dehumanizes immigrants and misrepresents ICE enforcement.