Trump Launches UFO-Themed Immigration Site Aliens.gov
The site uses UFO-style language to highlight more than 3.1 million encounters and a searchable arrest map, drawing criticism for dehumanizing migrants.
- The White House launched a highly provocative new webpage titled "ALIENS," featuring a counter tracking thousands of "encounters" alongside a live, interactive map detailing arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- The site uses theatrical framing to link recent UFO transparency pushes to immigration, leading with sensational slogans like "THEY WALK AMONG US" and "THEY WEREN'T LITTLE GREEN MEN" before clarifying that the terms refer explicitly to undocumented immigrants.
- A prominent feature on the page prompts visitors to report "suspicious aliens" by providing a direct link and phone number to the official ICE tip line. The rollout coordinates with a separate, searchable Department of Homeland Security platform called "Worst of the Worst," which aggregates and displays the names, photos, nationalities, and criminal histories of arrested individuals.
- The administration framed the digital campaigns as a victory for public transparency regarding its mass deportation initiatives, while immigration advocacy groups and critics immediately condemned the websites for weaponizing federal resources to dehumanize immigrant communities.
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White House Literally Made a Fake UFO Website Just to Track Immigrants
The White House's new immigration website, Aliens.gov, uses sci-fi imagery, sparking criticism for potentially dehumanising migrants. The site also features a live dashboard displaying immigration enforcement data.
WH Launches Gaffe-Filled "Aliens.gov" Website
NOTUS reports: The White House’s new website highlighting arrests of undocumented immigrants lists the United States as a country of origin for some of those arrested in many cities across the country. The White House teased the Aliens.gov website as if it were dropping UFO files, but it turned out to be a map compiled by the Trump administration of ICE arrests, searchable from areas across the country — after nearly a whole minute of unskippabl…
Sydney Morning Herald
New space-themed White House website casts immigrants as aliens, ‘subhuman’
The site uses language and imagery commonly associated with extraterrestrial aliens or UFOs, including green font and flying saucers, to describe a so-called “invasion” by undocumented migrants.
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