The Trump administration has been doing a bang-up job on the border, and they are going all in to deport criminal illegal aliens.
About ten days ago, the White House posted about the arrest of Virginia Basora-Gonzalez earlier in the month. According to ICE, she had been previously deported in 2020 after serving some time for attempted possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. They allege she then subsequently re-entered the country illegally.
The picture of her arrest was quite something, as she cried and found out there were now consequences.
🇺🇸Virginia Basora-Gonzalez, a previously deported alien felon convicted of fentanyl trafficking, was arrested by @ICEgov in Philadelphia after illegally reentering the U.S. She wept when taken into custody (picture attached).
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) Mar 17, 2025
“The apprehension of Virginia Basora-Gonzalez demonstrates our commitment to protecting our communities from criminal aliens who engage in serious illegal activities that pose a threat to public safety,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia acting Field Office Director Brian McShane. “This successful joint operation exemplifies the collaborative efforts of federal law enforcement agencies to enforce our nation's immigration laws and remove dangerous individuals from our streets.”
(I would just note I think there's a mistake in the included tweet ICE tweet about the number of people who died from fentanyl. I think they may be referencing over the time Joe Biden was in office, not in a year. But still, obviously, a lot.)
The above post got over ten million views.
Then the White House posted a Studio Ghibli-style AI-generated picture on Friday, and it went super viral, with over 48 million views.
https://t.co/PVdINmsHXs pic.twitter.com/Bw5YUCI2xL
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 27, 2025
It caused many on the left to flip out, including the Daily Beast, who called it the "most unhinged meme yet."
Most on the right pointed to her conviction and that this was a graphic reminder to anyone that there are consequences, that once again, people on the left appeared to be defending criminals. Although there were some who thought it went too far. Some thought it would make her look sympathetic or it would be misused by removing the explanation and the backstory to the picture.
I think the White House is clearly trying to do an optics game to send a message on the issue, seeking to discourage others from engaging in the same behavior. They're trying to employ all sorts of tools to get the job done on illegal immigration. The stats would indicate that what they have been doing has been working, with the number of illegal entries dropping into the basement.
Earlier this month, Trump administration ICE interior arrests of illegal aliens inside the US had already surpassed all of Biden's ICE interior arrests in all of Fiscal Year 2024.
So they're doing what they can to fulfill their promise to the American people.
Editor's Note: Thanks to President Trump, illegal immigration into our great country has virtually stopped. Despite the radical left's lies, new legislation wasn't needed to secure our border, just a new president.
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