Fear-mongering in the name of xenophobia

I received this email today from an anti-immigrant group:

According to Judicial Watch, the Feds are warning of an imminent terrorist attack from ISIL affiliated groups operating out of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico.

The article states, “Agents across a number of Homeland Security, Justice and Defense agencies have all been placed on alert and instructed to aggressively work all possible leads and sources concerning this imminent terrorist threat.”

The article goes on to say, “These new revelations are bound to impact the current debate about the border crisis and immigration policy.”

No kidding!

Click this link to read the whole story.

I know this is supposed to scare us , but it is a pretty typical bit of fear-mongering designed to gun up the outrage machine and generate fundraising for right-wing groups. So , scary it isn’t — unless the prospect that there are thousands who are quite ready to believe this nonsense. That’s what I find scary.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet