The White House has launched a bizarre website that says aliens "walk among us", but not everything is as it seems. The extraterrestrial-themed Aliens.gov website, launched by the Trump administration on Thursday, local time, showcases the actions of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE)."They walk among us," the green text that appears on the site reads."For 60 years, the U.S. government has kept a closely guarded secret."Aliens have been walking among us, living in our neighborhoods, and interacting with us in our daily lives."Readers may be forgiven for thinking the site reveals the release of more UFO files but, towards the end of the cryptic lines of text and pro-Trump sentiment, it becomes apparent the page tracks the number of arrests ICE has made across the US.The website shows a live dashboard on arrests made by ICE, which at time of writing numbered more than 3.1 million.It also encourages Americans to report their neighbours, provides a digital form where people can "report suspicious aliens" to ICE, and features a map showing where "aliens" have been arrested in the country.The Trump administration defines an illegal alien as a foreign national who has entered the US without legal permission, an act it treats as a criminal violation.The arrest map on the White House website. (The White House)The site also features a list, almost 3,000 pages long, of migrant encounters and immigration operations nationwide."This is a first-of-its-kind effort to draw eyeballs to the fact that the previous administration's porous border didn't just put families in border states at risk, many across the country were in harm's way," a White House official told Fox News Digital.At the bottom of the website there is a line that says the "aliens" will be returned "safely to [their] place of origin"."If you've witnessed an Alien abduction, do not be alarmed," it reads. "The Alien is in good hands."Protests against ICE actionsOn Friday morning, the ICE US government website said the department had made 527,459 arrests since 2021.Since January 2025, protests have broken out across the US against the mass arrests and deportation of immigrants.ICE agents shot and killed two protesters, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, during two separate demonstrations in Minneapolis in January.University of Pennsylvania law professor Clare Finkelstein said at the time that the events resembled the lead-up to a civil war.Hundreds of Minneapolis residents mobilised for a vigil hours after Renee Nicole Good's death. (Reuters: Tim Evans)Most recently, protesters clashed with armed federal immigration officers in front of a New Jersey detention centre this week.Advocates have said that people detained there are staging a hunger strike over poor living conditions.As of mid-January, 73,000 people were being held in ICE detention centres across the US, the American Immigration Council said.The council added that ICE "often uses secrecy to conceal its own shortcomings"."The public needs to know what the government is doing … systemic medical neglect and abuse, and denials of adequate food and water," it said.Donald Trump wants to secure more funding for his immigration crackdown, which was one of his major election promises.Last week, the US president was dealt a significant setback in his plans to pass about $US70 billion ($98 billion) in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Border Patrol and other agencies.Senate Republicans abandoned plans to advance the legislation after furious internal disagreement over a proposed compensation fund for Trump allies who said they were unfairly targeted by federal agencies.The decision meant senators left Washington without passing the immigration package.