Investigate Government Use of Dehumanizing Language on Official Sites

The White House published a site on its official domain using the pronoun 'it' to describe immigrants, a report button linking to ICE, and arrest data that included 700+ U.S.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked June 3, 2026.

The Letter

Subject Demand Accountability for Dehumanizing Government Rhetoric

The White House published a page on its official .gov domain comparing undocumented immigrants to extraterrestrials. The site uses the pronoun 'it' to describe human beings, displays a live arrest counter styled as an 'encounter' tracker, and includes a button inviting citizens to 'REPORT SUSPICIOUS ALIENS' to ICE.

The site's own data included 700+ U.S. citizens listed as 'aliens' before the entries were quietly removed. In 83 locations, every listed arrestee was American-born. Over 70% of current ICE detainees have no criminal convictions. Harvard's Dangerous Speech Project identified the site as using four mechanisms associated with speech that inspires violence: threat construction, dehumanization, empathy suppression, and public mobilization through informant infrastructure.

Investigate the use of dehumanizing language and imagery on official government websites. Federal agencies have communication standards that prohibit propaganda. Require accuracy standards for arrest data published on .gov domains, and hold hearings on whether taxpayer-funded government sites should use rhetoric that researchers have documented increases support for harsher enforcement policies.

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I'm calling about the White House aliens.gov website.
The site uses the pronoun 'it' to describe immigrants and includes a button to report 'suspicious aliens' to ICE. It was published on an official .gov domain.
The site's arrest data initially included 700 U.S. citizens listed as aliens. Over 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions.
Investigate government use of dehumanizing language on official sites and require accuracy standards for published enforcement data.
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The Facts Behind the Ask

700+ U.S. citizens initially listed as 'aliens' in the site's arrest data (source)
70% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions as of April 2026 (source)
83 locations where 100% of listed 'alien' arrestees were American-born (source)

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