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‘They walk among us.’ The White House’s Aliens page and the dehumanisation of undocumented migrants

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Newspaper Article
Author/contributor
Title
‘They walk among us.’ The White House’s Aliens page and the dehumanisation of undocumented migrants
Abstract
Last May, the Trump administration launched a website designed to track down and arrest undocumented migrants across the United States. Playing on the ambiguity of the term ‘aliens’, the online platform portrays Washington’s anti-immigration policy as a system combining science-fiction entertainment with large-scale surveillance. A linguistic analysis of this website highlights a digital process of dehumanising undocumented migrants, who are portrayed as hidden threats that need to be flushed out and deported.
Publication
The Conversation
Date
2026-08-05
DOI
10.64628/AAK.snt3pfsde
URL
https://theconversation.com/they-walk-among-us-the-white-houses-aliens-page-and-the-dehumanisation-of-undocumented-migrants-288967
Accessed
9/29/26, 1:44 AM
Language
English
License
Surveillance & Monitoring
Extra
United States of America
Citation
Aklalouch, F.-Z. (2026, August 5). ‘They walk among us.’ The White House’s Aliens page and the dehumanisation of undocumented migrants. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AAK.snt3pfsde
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Headings
Geography
Link to this record
https://rightsandrecords.ica.org/bib/NDDYEAK5