Amid the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive deportation push, the Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly misrepresented or lied about multiple recent events, only to be contradicted by later evidence. Right-wing media, meanwhile, continue to carry water for the agency’s propaganda.

In reporting following two separate incidents in which U.S. citizens were killed at the hands of immigration officials in Minnesota, Fox News, for instance, cited DHS statements that later proved to be false before further information was available.

Many right-wing media figures also amplified DHS claims following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Chicago and a shooting in Portland, Oregon, establishing a pattern in which right-wing media have echoed Trump administration propaganda in order to falsely portray the reality of mass deportations and attempt to justify ICE’s abuses.

• Right-wing media are echoing DHS lies in the aftermath of ICE abuses

• • DHS has made several unproven or false claims about the agency’s conduct as it continues to detain and deport people. In some cases, video footage has contradicted DHS statements, while other DHS claims have fallen apart in court. As NPR noted, “The administration’s mischaracterizations have also spilled over to courtrooms, where federal judges in dozens of cases have admonished federal officials for providing false, contradictory or unreliable statements in court.” DHS has also pushed unverifiable claims on...

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