"Your country? How came it yours? Would America have been America without her (Black) people?"

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...this week, the Department of Homeland Security drew pushback for a post that was just one word: remigrate.

Homeland Security @DHSgov
Remigrate.

The term “remigration” has traditionally been used in Europe to refer to the mass deportation of non-white immigrants. It has been used by right-winged politicians such as Austria’s Herbert Kickl and Germany’s Alice Weidel of the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The term has also been popularized by the Austrian, millennial far-right influencer Martin Sellner.

“In Europe, it's an established part of the linguistic toolbox of white supremacy,” Nicholas J. Cull, a professor of communication at the University of Southern California, tells TIME.

When asked for comment on its post from Tuesday, Tricia McLaughlin, a Homeland Security spokesperson, responded in an email, “Is the English language too difficult for you?” The message was followed by a Collins English Dictionary definition of the word “remigrate.”

The DHS post seems to be a nod to the efforts of the State Department to create an “Office of Remigration,” the plans for which were rolled out through a proposal in May that called for an overhaul of the agency that would cut a series of programs and reduce domestic staffing. The details of the plan are outlined in a 136-page document that the State Department sent to six Congressional Committees. The document says the Office of Remigration will “actively facilitate the voluntary return of migrants to their country of origin or legal status.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-embraces-word-used-by-white-nationalists/ar-AA1OC4nM

MJ: Trump Could Soon Make America’s Refugee Program a Tool for White Nationalism

After bringing white South Africans to the United States as refugees earlier this year, the Trump administration is now reportedly considering granting protection to members of far-right European parties.

According to the New York Times, the proposal that President Donald Trump is now weighing would prioritize Europeans who are allegedly “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.” The program would also give preference to English speakers and more white South Africans. The paper reports that officials from the Departments of State and Homeland Security presented the plans, which are still under consideration, to the White House in April and July.

At the same time, DHS is calling on social media for people to “Remigrate,” a far-right, anti-immigrant term popularized in Europe that the Associated Press has described as a “chilling notion of returning immigrants to their native lands in what amounts to a soft-style ethnic cleansing.” The Trump administration is not only considering offering refuge to right-wing Europeans; it is looking to them for inspiration.

The Times reported that the language about granting refugee status to Europeans “targeted” for supporting “populist” parties appears to refer to members of Alternative for Germany, the hard-right German political party known as the AfD. Vice President JD Vance has defended the party and met with its leader while in Europe earlier this year.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/germany-afd-refugee-white-nationalism-migraiton-trump-south-africa/

___Amid outrage at DHS’ use of a phrase popularized by far-right extremists, the California governor’s press office reposted the tweet with a reminder of President Donald Trump’s ancestry and a single-word reply: “Please.”

“Your country? How came it yours? Before the Pilgrims landed we were here. Here we have brought our three gifts and mingled them with yours: a gift of story and song—soft, stirring melody in an ill-harmonized and unmelodious land; the gift of sweat and brawn to beat back the wilderness, conquer the soil, and lay the foundations of this vast economic empire two hundred years earlier than your weak hands could have done it; the third, a gift of the Spirit. Around us the history of the land has centred for thrice a hundred years; out of the nation's heart we have called all that was best to throttle and subdue all that was worst; fire and blood, prayer and sacrifice, have billowed over this people, and they have found peace only in the altars of the God of Right. Nor has our gift of the Spirit been merely passive. Actively we have woven ourselves with the very warp and woof of this nation,—we fought their battles, shared their sorrow, mingled our blood with theirs, and generation after generation have pleaded with a headstrong, careless people to despise not Justice, Mercy, and Truth, lest the nation be smitten with a curse. Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warning have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood. Are not these gifts worth the giving? Is not this work and striving? Would America have been America without her (Black) people?”

__W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk

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'Remigration': How a word threatens to change migration views in Germany

Political analysts warn that embedding the term remigration into mainstream political discussions allows its connotations to flow into public discourse and the collective national psyche. In this way, remigration is not limited to stricter immigration policies, but to redefining who belongs in Germany.

The term "remigration" was primarily used in migration studies to describe the voluntary return of migrants and foreigners to their home countries. In recent months, the term "remigration" began emerging in everyday conversation and debate in Germany, carrying a political charge of exclusion. The beginnings of the political leanings of "remigration" became widely known when the investigative news outlet Correctiv exposed a meeting between right-wing extremists and AfD officials in November 2023.

Most recently, remigration gained traction in far-right rhetoric through Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alice Weidel who called for "large-scale repatriations" and claimed remigration as a centerpiece of the party’s campaign platform. Remigration was effectively repurposed to push an exclusionary agenda.

The AfD called for the mass deportation of 250,000 foreigners "required to leave the country", including those with criminal backgrounds. They also called for reviewing and revoking humanitarian residency, calling for citizens of Afghanistan and Syria to return to their countries which they claimed are now safe.

Beyond the possible legalization of mass deportation programs, according to DaMost, a broader implementation of "remigration" might include attempts by the AfD to make life more difficult for people with a migration history, such as bureaucratic hurdles, discrimination or pressure to question their identity as ‘non-German’.

DaMost says that such a policy would specifically target people who may feel they are part of society in Germany and pressure them to ‘doubt’ their belonging. "The effects would be dramatic: an increase in fear, plans to emigrate and social division. It is to be expected that this will primarily affect people who are already marginalized. Solidarity with these people is crucial in order to combat this development," DaMost says.

https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/63039/remigration-how-a-word-threatens-to-change-migration-views-in-germany

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2. ethnic cleansing...ho hum

Trump admin slammed for using ethnic cleansing euphemism: ‘Wannabe Nazis’

“Yet further evidence that the DHS [X] account in particular is run by wannabe Nazis,” wrote British journalist and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan in a social media post Tuesday.

The term “remigration” has seen renewed usage in recent years amid the resurgence of far-right political parties across Europe, notably by Austrian political activist Martin Sellner, who’s identified himself as a neo-Nazi. Scholars, like University of South Florida professor Jose Angel Maldonado, have described the term as a “soft type of ethnic cleansing under the guise of deportation and segregation.”

“This official government account would appear to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing,” wrote Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, in a social media post on X. “They will likely attack anyone who points this out and express faux-outrage at the suggestion.”

Critics were also quick to note that the DHS social media post was made the same day as the bombshell report that revealed leadership of the Young Republicans were engaged in a private group chat that included praise for Adolf Hitler, with at least one person in the chat working in the Trump administration.

https://www.rawstory.com/deportation-2674186514/

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