White House Posts Deportation Meme Video: 'It's Closing Time... Can't Stay Here'

Last Updated:March 18, 2025, 08:35 IST

Illegal Immigration Crackdown In US: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained the video saying it "sums up our immigration policy pretty well."

A barbed-wire barrier and the border fence at the US-Mexico border. (Photo for representation: AP)

The White House and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) X accounts trolled critics with a meme video showing deportations while the song “Closing Time" plays in the background. CBP said in its post, “It’s closing time. We are making America safe again."

In the video, processing of shackled illegal immigrants to the tune of “Semisonic" lead singer Dan Wilson singing, “Closing time, you don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here" is seen. The video then shows agents loading illegal immigrants on a plane for deportation as Dan Wilson sings, “I know who I want to take me home."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained the video saying it “sums up our immigration policy pretty well: You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here."

She said, “The White House and our entire government clearly is leaning into the message of this president and we are unafraid to double down and to take responsibility and ownership of the serious decisions that are being made. The president was elected with an overwhelming mandate to launch the largest, mass deportation campaign in American history. And that’s exactly what he is doing."

This comes as Donald Trump continues his crackdown on illegal immigration in the US since retaking the Oval Office. Earlier, US Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks said that illegal border crossings had plummeted by 94% while the Department of Homeland Security said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had arrested around 33,000 illegal immigrants.

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