“The Department of Homeland Security posted a striking graphic on its official X account. Uncle Sam, a symbol of American patriotism, is depicted nailing a poster to a wall that reads, ‘Help your country… and yourself.’ Written underneath the poster is the sentence, REPORT ALL FOREIGN INVADERS.’”

CNN

Uncle Sam is a personification of the federal government; he is meant to represent the political agenda of the state. The Uncle Sam poster was used to advantageous effect during World War I, when Uncle Sam was depicted pointing his finger at the viewer to recruit soldiers for the American Army.

The xenophobic and racist Donald Trump is inciting hatred and violence against brown and black migrants by peddling the damnable lie that we are under invasion by migrants from Mexico, and Central and South America and Muslim and African countries.

Trump, who posted the odious Uncle Sam poster to Instagram, is using the Uncle Sam image to rally support for his illegal, undemocratic, and racist deportation scheme.

The words written on the poster engender division, and make white Christian Americans fear and loathe migrants. Undocumented persons are not invaders; they are asylum seekers who dream of becoming a patch of the colorful American fabric.

If you see someone you suspect may be undocumented don’t report them to ICE, instead help your country by advising them of their legal rights and ministering to their physical needs.

How dare Trump equate turning in migrants to patriotism. Express your patriotism by fighting Trump’s deportation policy.