The White House is facing heat for yet another distasteful advertisement for ICE – this time, using Spider-Man.
On the official White House Instagram, they shared four images, showing Spider-Man’s hand shooting out a web, captioned: ‘Your friendly neighbourhood ICE agents.’
The superhero’s web captures a group of men, then, in another image, an ICE officer is seen standing over the men.
‘Criminal illegal aliens will be caught and deported,’ it read.
Marvel has not responded to the post yet, but fans are urging them to sue the government.
It’s not the first time Trump’s administration has pulled a stunt like this.
Last year, the Department of Homeland Security shared a video of immigrants being arrested, spliced together with the Pokémon theme tune.
Captioned ‘Gotta Catch ‘Em All’, the clip was a clear imitation of the popular anime, with images of Ash Ketchum and Pokémon balls cut together with footage of people being handcuffed.
At the end of the clip, the men arrested were shown in mocked-up Pokémon cards, which give details of their crimes and show the flags of their nationalities.
All are listed as ‘illegal’ with their ‘weakness’ symbol shown as ice, a reference both to typings for Pokémon and to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), whose officers carry out immigration raids.
The Pokémon Company International confirmed to Metro that the company was not involved in the distribution of the video.
Pokémon is jointly owned by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures.
It’s a safe bet that none of them would be thrilled, given that Pokémon is a family-friendly franchise, and the video includes references to murder, manslaughter, human smuggling, child molestation, and paedophilia.
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