Sunday, April 7, 2019

Between 'swarms' and 'security': How media report on migration



A Listening Post special on migration and the media's role in framing this era-defining story.


ICE watch: Turning the lens on US immigration agencies

Before US President Donald Trump took office, most media junkies in the United States would not have known that ICE stands for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. But the Trump administration's hard line immigration policies have changed all that.
And with the US president's ceaseless talking and tweeting about alleged threats from across the Mexican border, stories about ICE and its sister agency, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), are right up there on the mainstream media's agenda.
But the role the media is playing in this particular narrative is going well beyond merely covering the story. 

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