As federal officials carry out the Trump administration’s deportation plans <\/a>across the country, the White House on Tuesday sparked backlash after posting a video on X mocking immigrants being deported.<\/p>\n

The video shows what appears to be ICE officials placing immigrants in chains and handcuffs before they board a plane, presumably for deportation. The post is captioned, “ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight,” referring to the acronym for “autonomous sensory meridian response,” a pleasant physical sensation triggered by certain sounds that has become a popular genre of videos<\/a> on some social media platforms.<\/p>\n

The video was filmed during an operation at King County International Airport–<\/strong>Boeing Field in Seattle two weeks ago, reported The Seattle Times<\/a>citing a volunteer with an immigrant rights group that monitors weekly deportation flights out of the airport.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk, whom President Donald Trump has tasked with gutting the federal workforce through the nongovernmental Department of Government Efficiency, reposted the video, writing, “Haha wow” along with emojis <\/strong>of a troll and a medal. <\/p>\n

The White House later shared Musk’s post.<\/p>\n

Such deportation operations took place during former President Joe Biden’s term<\/a> as well. But the Trump administration’s attempts to make a public spectacle out of its mass deportation efforts — which has included Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivering sinister warnings to undocumented immigrants that the government will “hunt you down” <\/a>— underscores its dehumanization of immigrant communities.<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday afternoon, the White House’s post had been seen more than 68 million times, according to X. Many of the online responses to the post were critical, as CNBC reported<\/a>with some calling it “disgusting” and “cruel.”<\/p>\n

Although most of Trump’s campaign promises centered on deporting undocumented immigrants with criminal records, data obtained by NBC News <\/a>show that 41% of people detained by ICE in the first two weeks of February had no previous criminal conviction or had a pending criminal charge. Trump’s sweeping and haphazard deportation efforts have ensnared U.S. citizens as well, raising allegations about racial profiling by federal officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking\/trending news blogger for BLN Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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