Key Takeaways

• JRS/USA was interviewed by Border Report regarding the White House “Aliens” website.
• JRS/USA raised concerns about language that may dehumanize migrants and refugees.
• The organization emphasized the importance of recognizing the dignity of every human person.
• The interview connects to JRS/USA’s broader advocacy for refugee protection, humane migration policies, and accompaniment of forcibly displaced people.
• JRS/USA continues to advocate for policies that uphold human rights and human dignity.

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A migrant advocacy organization that helps refugees throughout the world says the White House website is coarsely poking fun at migrants by comparing them to space aliens.

In what looks like the opening credits of a science-fiction movie, the White House’s new “Aliens” website says, “They walk among us.”

Hilary Chester, vice president of international and domestic programs for Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, appeared on Border Report Live on Tuesday. She told South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez and host Rudy Mireles that the references are dehumanizing. She says it’s clearly meant to raise a laugh at the expense of migrants who suffer so much in their efforts to get to the United States.

Read full interview here.