Trump administration using public visual threats as immigration deterrents

Published March 26, 2025 5:00am ET



President Donald Trump and his allies have unabashedly targeted illegal immigrants over the past month with a near-daily barrage of public service announcement-type posts on social media that threaten to “hunt” down those who refuse to self-deport.

The Trump administration has waged a public relations campaign that features point-blank warnings for immigrants illegally in the country to get out and ridicules those who have been caught and are in the process of being removed from the United States.

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