The White House recently launched a web portal that, at first glance, appeared to offer confidential intelligence about extraterrestrial beings. In reality, the website’s main objective is to disseminate information about immigration detentions in the United States, generating strong controversy.

Aliens.gov greets visitors with a blunt statement: “For 60 years, the U.S. government has kept a closely guarded secret. Aliens have walked among us, living in our neighborhoods and interacting with us in our daily lives.”

“They shopped in the same stores, attended the same classes as our children, and lived seemingly normal existences,” the text continues. “With one exception they do not belong here. Millions arrived under the cover of darkness and infiltrated our society directly. Countless presidents, congressmen and high-ranking officials knew exactly what was happening. Instead of protecting American citizens, they chose to cover up and even accelerate the invasion.”

This long statement ends by giving then-President Donald Trump the credit of being the “first to denounce the real danger that Foreigners pose to every American family, every community and the future of our nation.”

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The platform was quickly condemned by immigrant rights organizations, who point out the use of dehumanizing “invasion rhetoric” to stigmatize this population.

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When browsing the page, users can see the number of “encounters” which totaled more than 3 million on May 29, 2026 and continues to increase constantly.

The official launch of the website by the White House took place on Thursday, May 28, 2026. The portal was anticipated by a post on the social network X, which said “Loading… tonight.”

The post included a video showing a crop circle with the word “Loading” engraved on the ground, reminiscent of images often associated with extraterrestrial phenomena.

The website provides an interactive map that uses data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to display the number of immigrant arrests in different regions of the country. Users have the ability to search for specific cities and states to get details on arrests in those areas.

Additionally, the portal includes a reporting channel, allowing citizens to report “encounters” to ICE.

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At the bottom of the page, a message reinforces the theme: “If you have witnessed an alien abduction, do not be alarmed. The Alien is in good hands. We will take care of him… and return him safely to his place of origin.”

The website’s domain was registered on March 17, 2026, according to information from a domain database. During his two terms, Donald Trump based his campaign on the promise to remove millions of immigrants from the country, using terms such as “invasion”, “alien”, “murderer”, “criminal” and “animal” in his rallies.

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In the month before the website’s launch, Donald Trump had declared that “a lot” was coming regarding unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The War Department also released a series of documents on these phenomena earlier this month.

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Garrett Graff, author of a recent book about the US government’s search for “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs), commented at the time of the files’ release that he had reviewed some of the material. According to Graff, the documents appear consistent with information shared in previous releases, indicating that the government cannot explain all sightings in the skies and low-orbit space, and that it has gone to great lengths to cover up its research into such occurrences.

“I didn’t immediately see any document that didn’t seem consistent with the tens of thousands of pages of similar reports that have been released in the past,” said Graff, who wrote “UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government’s Search for Alien Life Here and Out There” in 2023.

Criticism from human rights groups of dehumanizing language

Immigrant rights organizations have long criticized the use of the term “alien” to refer to immigrants, arguing that it dehumanizes them and distances them from being human, facilitating the application of harsher policies and public acceptance of hostile rhetoric. The use of this terminology is historically associated with attempts to justify the exclusion and persecution of minority groups, rather than seeking humanitarian solutions.

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Sarah Mehta, deputy director of policy and government affairs for the ACLU’s equality division, described the site in a statement as “sick.”

“He traffics in invasion rhetoric to demonize immigrants and turns into a game his cruel law enforcement operations, where right now, children are being separated from their parents and immigrants are imprisoned in deadly detention facilities,” Mehta said, highlighting the real and tragic impact of this language on people’s lives.

“The iconography and language on this vile website shows once again that this administration doesn’t care about fixing the immigration system; it wants to end it,” the deputy director added.

The organization Freedom for Immigrants also condemns the term “alien” to refer to migrants, as, according to the organization, “it portrays them as inhumane outsiders who come to the US with questionable motivations”, contributing to a narrative that justifies exclusion and persecution and disregards the complex reasons that lead people to migrate.