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White House Celebrates Deportation Flights with ”ASMR” Video of Asylum Seekers in Shackles

HeadlineFeb 20, 2025

The White House posted a video online showing a group of shackled immigrants being loaded onto a deportation flight. The video was captioned ”ASMR” — a term that describes pleasant audio or visual stimuli. In other developments, the Trump administration has ordered legal and immigrant nonprofit groups to halt offering federally funded legal services and advice to unaccompanied migrant children.

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