Gadarian Weighs In on Trump Administration’s Framing of Immigration Raids in the Guardian Article
February 3, 2025
The Guardian
President Trump has mobilized officers from nearly every federal law enforcement agency and the U.S. military to help carry out his long-promised mass deportation campaign. But he is also relying on his vast army of rightwing media personalities and influencers to make sure Americans tune in for the crackdown.
The administration has been careful to highlight operations involving the arrests of suspects, nearly all men, accused of violent crimes. A White House X account has publicized details of certain arrests, sharing posts with photographs of the suspects and the cities where ICE agents made the arrest.
The way the administration has framed its raids is an attempt to shape public perception by driving the narrative that “immigrants are criminals” who “don’t belong in the United States,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking.
Read more in the Guardian article, “‘A publicity stunt’: activists decry Trump’s immigration raids marketed as ‘entertainment’.”
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