Right-wing media figures are applauding Trump and his administration for their apparent support of “remigration,” a far-right immigration policy associated with forced migration, mass deportations, and ethnic cleansing. These figures said remigration and “reverse migration” are “critical,” “necessary,” and “what we need.” The administration’s support for remigration was also celebrated by prominent white nationalist media figures, who declared that “Trump promises us the best immigration policy possible: NO NON-WHITES.”
Following the November 26 shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., Trump called for “REVERSE MIGRATION” and vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries.” But this kind of immigration policy is deeply associated with ethnic cleansing. It has become associated with anti-migrant extremists and far-right activists and political parties in Europe. Mainstream media outlets have largely failed in the last year to put Trump’s planned “remigration” policies in appropriate context. For example, when Trump called for “remigration” on the 2024 campaign trail, Media Matters found that major outlets failed to contextualize the proposal as a form of ethnic cleansing. Earlier this year, mainstream media outlets almost completely ignored news that the Trump administration is reportedly reorganizing the State Department to include a new “Office of Remigration.”
Mainstream media outlets may have failed to notice Trump’s calls for ethnic cleaning, but white nationalists have not. Several of the loudest voices in white nationalist media have praised Trump’s remigration push as a way to create a white ethnostate.
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