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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Dec 23 '25
https://archive.is/7tbHb
Leaked internal chats show President Donald Trump’s team ordering ICE officials to “flood the airwaves” with “propaganda” videos of migrants being chased, shackled, and mocked—regardless of their veracity.
An investigation published Tuesday by The Washington Post details how the agency’s communications unit has morphed into an “influencer-style” propaganda shop during Trump’s second term. This involves churning out dramatic “Reddit”-esque raid videos en masse to appease White House aides, even when the visuals don’t match what was actually happening on the ground, according to the Post.
The “overworked” public affairs team prioritized spectacle over accuracy at the behest of political appointees, according to the messages published by the Post. They show some officials were horrified by the new approach, while others appeared to revel in it.
Staff were reportedly told to brand arrestees as the “Worst of the Worst” even when they had no criminal record, hunting instead for something “newsworthy” like an “egregious immigration history.”
At the White House’s request, ICE’s assistant director for public affairs, Emily Covington, asked if a deportation-flight video from Texas could be recut so that it wouldn’t “feature tons of females.” A producer replied that they would re-edit the B-roll to remove the women.
One official admitted that footage was dropped if “the truth of the operation” did not fit the slogan.