The Department of Homeland Security has sparked a furious backlash after posting holiday-themed deportation memes.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, 54, boasted that federal agents were stepping up removals “for the holidays,” with a “holiday deal” offering a free flight and $1,000 to those who self-deport.
Her social media team leaned into the holiday-themed messaging, with one X post featuring an AI-generated image of federal agents in Santa hats posing near Christmas lights with the caption, “YOU’RE GOING HO HO HOME.”
DHS also circulated a spoof gif of President Donald Trump in a Santa hat steering a sleigh full of presents through the snow, continuing a months-long strategy of blending internet culture with law enforcement messaging that has triggered legal threats over int

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