Seen a space alien lately? Maybe you should tell Donald Trump about it.
On Wednesday, his administration unveiled the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, or VOICE, which gave out a hotline number for those impacted by "criminal aliens." (Back to that in a second.)
Seeing as resources are already available for victims of crime, it seems odd to offer them specifically for victims of crimes by immigrants. As the editorial board of USA TODAY noted, "this country doesn’t create separate programs for victims of crimes by Jews or Catholics or African Americans or Asians or juveniles."
It seems odd, of course, unless your goal is to demonize immigrants and cast them as a threat to public safety — even though they commit lower levels of crime than native-born Americans.
So, the good users of Twitter decided people should call VOICE about "aliens" — especially since it was #AlienDay, inspired by a reference from Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi flick.
RT: Call Trump's hateful hotline at 1-855-48-VOICE and keep telling him about "alien" crimes. Martians et al. Open 8am-8pm EST #AlienDay
— Katy Otto (@exfkaty) April 27, 2017
If any of you need to report space aliens to our government, please call their hotline: 1-855-48-VOICE. Here are some of their Most Wanted: http://pic.twitter.com/nWnVYdDdpG
— Steven Santos (@stevensantos) April 27, 2017
IF YOU SEE ANY SUSPICIOUS KLINGONS, CARDASSIANS, ROMULANS, FARENGI, SAY SOMETHING
??? Toll free hotline # is 1-855-48-VOICE (1-855-488-6423) https://t.co/rttxzsJhoB— Skepacabra (@Skepacabra) April 27, 2017
Finally, someone will listen to Mulder and Scully and Tom DeLonge from Blink-182. Aliens exist. Soon Trump will know about it.?
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