Homeland security lowers hiring standards and floods social media with patriotic, often xenophobic, recruitment posts
The pinned post on the X account of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is an image of Uncle Sam with the caption “We Need You.”
“America has been invaded by criminals and predators,” the post reads. “We need YOU to get them out.”
DHS posts on Instagram are similar. One pinned post features a highly produced video that starts with a family walking in a field and urges viewers to “defend” their “homeland”. Another displays an image of a younger and older man in military garb, designed to look like a first world war-era army recruitment poster. Under it, in big bold capital letters: “NO AGE CAP JOIN ICE NOW”. The caption: “We’re taking father/son bonding to a whole new level.”
Protect. Serve. Deport. https://t.co/nZkBEj3GGi pic.twitter.com/2nNr5nh3vx
