Border Invasion? Mexican MAGA Influencers Push "Damaging" Conspiracy Theories About Asylum Seekers
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5FPF3)
As thousands of asylum seekers continue to wait in Mexico for a chance to enter the United States, investigative journalist Jean Guerrero says Mexican social media influencers connected to right-wing U.S. media outlets and political figures are whipping up hysteria" about the southern border. She says they are spreading false conspiracy theories about an orchestrated invasion" and child trafficking" funded by Democrats that are endangering vulnerable people. It's been incredibly damaging," says Guerrero.