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DHS Posts Pokémon-Themed Immigration Raid Video, Prompting Outcry

DHS says the clip is part of a push to ramp up detentions toward the administration's pledge to remove more than one million people.

DHS uso de canción de Pokémon en operativos antiinmigración y presentación de casos criminales.
El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE. UU. publicó un video de arrestos de inmigrantes editado con la música y los personajes de Pokémon, acompañado del lema “Gotta Catch ’Em All”. (Foto: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
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Overview

  • The official video, shared on DHS social accounts on Sept. 22–23, uses the Pokémon theme and the caption 'Gotta Catch ’Em All.'
  • The clip compiles ICE arrest footage and closes with Pokémon-style cards displaying detainees’ names, nationalities, and alleged charges.
  • Human rights groups and many users criticized the post as dehumanizing and insensitive for turning real detentions into entertainment imagery.
  • The posts spread rapidly on TikTok and X, with coverage reporting tens of millions of views across the platforms.
  • DHS frames the content as part of an intensified enforcement campaign under President Trump to increase detentions and pursue large-scale removals, with profiles shown including Nery García Linares of Guatemala and Lorenzo Menéndez González of Cuba.