Deepfake case study · Video
Illegal immigrants deepfake (Dec 2025)
ICE used an AI-generated video of Santa Claus rounding up illegal immigrants and encouraging them to self-deport. The video shows Santa Claus putting on an ICE vest, handcuffing an undocumented immigrant, processing…
- Incident date
- Dec 2025
- Target
- Illegal immigrants
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
ICE used an AI-generated video of Santa Claus rounding up illegal immigrants and encouraging them to self-deport. The video shows Santa Claus putting on an ICE vest, handcuffing an undocumented immigrant, processing them at a federal facility, and loading them onto an ICE Air plane for deportation.