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Republicans Spotlight Child-Smuggling Indictments to Brand Undocumented Immigrants as Predators
Scapegoating, dehumanization & moral-panic mobilization
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By repetitively labeling the defendants 'illegal aliens' and generalizing their crimes to the wider immigrant population, the posts stoke fear that migration equals child endangerment. This moral-panic framing primes audiences to back harsh policies against all undocumented people.
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