The majority of migrants detained and deported in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown have no criminal record, yet Fox News has spent months claiming that raids and arrests are targeting criminals they dub “the worst of the worst.” A Media Matters review of Fox News segments from June and July found that 80% of coverage about Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Department of Homeland Security operations claimed that Trump’s primary targets were criminals while only 14% acknowledged that ICE has been sweeping up noncriminal migrants.Out of 574 segments, 461 suggested that the administration primarily targeted criminals or highlighted specific criminal migrants for deportation. Only 81 of those 574 segments acknowledged that ICE arrested and detained noncriminal migrants.Numerous people who have been arrested and detained by ICE have been subject to inhumane conditions.

In a two-month span, only 14% of Fox News’ segments about immigration enforcement mentioned noncriminal migrants being detained

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    My immigrant wife was under the impression that they were only deporting “bad guys”. I didn’t want to scare the shit out of her, but I pointed out that over 70% have no criminal record, and some have been straight up citizens. White people too! The horror.