Since the federal government shut down, the Trump administration has spent almost $10 million on ads urging immigrants to self-deport and Americans to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a new report has shown.
Analysis shared with *Newsweek* by Equis, a research and polling organization focused on Latinos, and Priorities USA, which mainly monitors election campaigns, showed ads continuing to run across social media and TV channels as other vital government services were frozen.
“Millions of people are at risk of losing their food stamps and are about to go hungry because of this government shut down,” Natalia Campos Vargas, a deputy research director at Equis, told *Newsweek*. “But somehow the Trump administration and DHS and ICE are choosing to spend millions of dollars on ad campaigns. That just feels inherently wrong to me as a taxpayer.”
That’s a misnomer. The funds are there for
SNAP, they’re choosing not to release them.
TintedApostle on
Republicans funded ICE with more money than the the sum of all police budgets in the US.
Sufficient-Food934 on
🐘: Don’t use SNAP! Get a Job!
😓 *gets a stable federal job with stability and a solid step-based career roadmap while being caregiver for family member with disability who lost SNAP*
🐘: GET OUT! You’re government waste! Argentina needs 40 billion and we need a BAWLROOM.
😓 *gets a job in the private sector*
Private sector: Get out! We’re laying you off and replacing you with AI!
🐘: And don’t you dare ask for food assistance nor go to the emergency room! ARE YOU A CITIZEN? *tackles first and asks questions later*
United Healthcare: Have an injury now? Sorry boo boo. We’re doubling premiums and claim denials hunny!!!!
🤬🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
turquoise_amethyst on
This ad looks like a present-day remake of “Starship Troopers”
ASealNamedHoover on
Starving the people so they can generate mass civil unrest. Then deploy their paramilitary groups to put down the “riots” and institute Martial Law indefinitely.
The play is so clear.
Avoidtolls on
Where are the fucking billionaires to help feed the poor?
People get hungry, the get pitchforks.
threehundredthousand on
Billionaires own everything, corporate interests own politicians, and they put a Nazi in power. The fact they still feel safe in society is why it won’t change. They’ve blackened both eyes and broke the arms of America and America does nothing.
iforgotmymittens on
“Why aren’t people having kids? Also you won’t be eating next month.”
Ohuigin on
You see, to this regime, starvation = self deportation.
Any questions?
faith_apnea on
> Since January 20, 2025, there have been over 2 million removals or self-deportations, with approximately 1.6 million being self-deportations and over 400,000 being deportations
20% – ICE did their deportation function
80% – People said “give me $1k and get me the feck outta here”
There is no data available of course; however that is upwards of $1.6B given to non-citizens.
lostsailorlivefree on
There are THOUSANDS of ICE REJECTS- think about that. What are they doing now? Forming up is what they’re doing.
These elections are going to be fun
ToadP on
Need FOOD? JOIN ICE! GET $ Buy FOOD and subjugate your fellow freeloader citizens.
dkyguy1995 on
“Defend the Homeland” is so white-supremacist coded
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From the article:
Since the federal government shut down, the Trump administration has spent almost $10 million on ads urging immigrants to self-deport and Americans to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a new report has shown.
Analysis shared with *Newsweek* by Equis, a research and polling organization focused on Latinos, and Priorities USA, which mainly monitors election campaigns, showed ads continuing to run across social media and TV channels as other vital government services were frozen.
“Millions of people are at risk of losing their food stamps and are about to go hungry because of this government shut down,” Natalia Campos Vargas, a deputy research director at Equis, told *Newsweek*. “But somehow the Trump administration and DHS and ICE are choosing to spend millions of dollars on ad campaigns. That just feels inherently wrong to me as a taxpayer.”
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-ice-ads-spending-social-media-government-shutdown-10959653](https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-ice-ads-spending-social-media-government-shutdown-10959653)
That’s a misnomer. The funds are there for
SNAP, they’re choosing not to release them.
Republicans funded ICE with more money than the the sum of all police budgets in the US.
🐘: Don’t use SNAP! Get a Job!
😓 *gets a stable federal job with stability and a solid step-based career roadmap while being caregiver for family member with disability who lost SNAP*
🐘: GET OUT! You’re government waste! Argentina needs 40 billion and we need a BAWLROOM.
😓 *gets a job in the private sector*
Private sector: Get out! We’re laying you off and replacing you with AI!
🐘: And don’t you dare ask for food assistance nor go to the emergency room! ARE YOU A CITIZEN? *tackles first and asks questions later*
United Healthcare: Have an injury now? Sorry boo boo. We’re doubling premiums and claim denials hunny!!!!
🤬🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This ad looks like a present-day remake of “Starship Troopers”
Starving the people so they can generate mass civil unrest. Then deploy their paramilitary groups to put down the “riots” and institute Martial Law indefinitely.
The play is so clear.
Where are the fucking billionaires to help feed the poor?
People get hungry, the get pitchforks.
Billionaires own everything, corporate interests own politicians, and they put a Nazi in power. The fact they still feel safe in society is why it won’t change. They’ve blackened both eyes and broke the arms of America and America does nothing.
“Why aren’t people having kids? Also you won’t be eating next month.”
You see, to this regime, starvation = self deportation.
Any questions?
> Since January 20, 2025, there have been over 2 million removals or self-deportations, with approximately 1.6 million being self-deportations and over 400,000 being deportations
20% – ICE did their deportation function
80% – People said “give me $1k and get me the feck outta here”
There is no data available of course; however that is upwards of $1.6B given to non-citizens.
There are THOUSANDS of ICE REJECTS- think about that. What are they doing now? Forming up is what they’re doing.
These elections are going to be fun
Need FOOD? JOIN ICE! GET $ Buy FOOD and subjugate your fellow freeloader citizens.
“Defend the Homeland” is so white-supremacist coded