Overview
- The Department of Homeland Security and White House social accounts reposted a poster originally circulated by far-right X users, featuring Uncle Sam and the directive “Report All Foreign Invaders” with an ICE hotline.
- The imagery echoes World War II-style propaganda and mirrors President Trump’s rhetoric describing undocumented immigrants as invaders.
- A DHS insider confirmed the agency did not produce the graphic, which was adopted from external extremist sources.
- The campaign has drawn comparisons to authoritarian propaganda by critics and sparked protests and clashes with law enforcement in Los Angeles and other US cities.
- Under Trump, DHS’s provocative social media tactics have grown its online engagement, using memes and stark messaging to promote ICE arrests and mock opposing media coverage.