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Immigrants, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, Environmental Groups deepfake (Jun 2025)
The South Dakota Department of Homeland Security (DHS), run by Kristi Noem, shared an AI-generated image on social media promoting a controversial immigration detention center called 'Alligator Alcatraz'. The image…
- Incident date
- Jun 2025
- Target
- Immigrants, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, Environmental Groups
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The South Dakota Department of Homeland Security (DHS), run by Kristi Noem, shared an AI-generated image on social media promoting a controversial immigration detention center called 'Alligator Alcatraz'. The image depicted four alligators wearing 'ICE' caps by a barbed-wire fence, referencing the threat to migrants from alligators and pythons in the Everglades. The post was condemned as dehumanizing and disgusting, and environmental groups filed a lawsuit to halt the project.