White House Launches Immigrant Arrest Map, Compares Them to Extraterrestrials

The White House launched a map on Thursday showing immigrant arrests across the United States, hosted on a website titled "aliens," whose cover features the silhouette of an extraterrestrial walking through the desert, mocking the notion that the country holds secrets about space.

The portal, launched Thursday, opens with text that scrolls in the style of Star Wars films, with blocks of text appearing as users scroll while stars fall in the background.

"They walk among us," the website states, adding, "For 60 years, the United States government has kept a jealous secret. Aliens have been walking among us, living in our neighborhoods and interacting with us in our daily lives. They have shopped at the same stores, attended the same classes as our children, and led apparently normal human lives."

At the bottom of the page, a counter displays the number of so-called "encounters" conducted, a figure that has reached 3.1 million and continues to rise as of Thursday night.

The new map does not specify the time period of the arrests; however, given the figure, it could refer to data released by the Department of Homeland Security in a report detailing detentions from September 2024 through April of this year.