Summary

ICE has manipulated Google search results by updating timestamps on old press releases, making past immigration raids appear recent.

This tactic, first discovered by an immigration lawyer, has led to widespread fear and confusion in immigrant communities, with reports of mass arrests proving misleading.

Experts confirm ICE’s website updates triggered Google’s algorithm to rank outdated raids higher in search results.

Critics argue this strategy serves Trump’s narrative of large-scale deportations, despite little actual enforcement activity. Local officials have even issued statements refuting false rumors of ICE operations.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      This is why I always assumed that any attempts at deportation would be shambolic. Too many Republican business owners employ undocumented immigrants for them to tolerate actual mass deportations. That being said, I’m sure they’d be mollified with prison labor - which I think is coming.

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      1 day ago

      You assume catastrophe isn’t the goal for those idiots. Remember, the only reason Hitler and the Nazi party rose to power was due to economic collapse from sanctions after WW1. They used that as an opportunity to breed nationalizm and fear.

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        1 day ago

        Their goals to give everything to the billionaires not to get rid of the folks doing the work. They just need it to look like they’re getting rid of the folks who do all the work so the hateful idiots think someone else is getting hurt.