#TheGuardian Mar 28, 2026

US embassy in Mexico prompts outrage with #AI video promoting ‘self-deportation’

An AI-generated video from the US embassy in #Mexico encouraging #migrants to “self-deport” has sparked disbelief and outrage online.

The video posted this week on official embassy #SocialMedia accounts depicts a grp of men wearing black caps & sporting tattoos performing a kind of traditional #Mexican ballad known as a #corrido

#StopFascism #StopMAGA #StopTrump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/28/us-embassy-mexico-outrage-ai-video-self-deportation

US embassy in Mexico prompts outrage with AI video promoting ‘self-deportation’

AI-generated footage depicts group of men performing a corrido, singing phrases including ‘return to your roots’

The Guardian