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Salve Regina University
2025

Vitriol For the Masses: How the U.S. Government Uses Language Within Propaganda to Influence Citizens’ Opinions on Immigrants
By G Smith-Rasmussen


The Trump administration has a habit of implying that the social construction of this term has legal ground. This is factually incorrect and has consequences, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and arrests have increased due to tip line reports, police, and federal agents basing assumed legal citizenship status on skin color


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