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The DOJ's Social Media Should Be Dark. So Why It Tweeting Anti-Immigrant Propaganda?

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During a government shutdown, the Department of Justice's social media feed goes dark. But according to Gizmodo, someone at the DOJ has been posting tweets about fairly routine items. Trouble is, the items are only ones that support President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda. It seems there is now one set of rules at DOJ for cases involving immigrants, and another set of rules for everyone else. Apparently crimes involving immigrants count more to them.” Matthew Miller, the former director of public affairs at DOJ under Attorney General Eric Holder. Justice officials are also refusing to retract or correct erroneous figures it circulated about links between terrorism and immigration. In one example, DOJ claimed immigrants had been convicted of nearly 70,000 sex crimes between 2003 and 2009. But it turns out the offenses cited actually took place over a period of about 55 years instead.

Added on the 07/01/2019 17:56:43 - Copyright : Wochit

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