Stop Meta From Running ICE’s White Nationalist Ads

Meta is once again under fire for profiting from hate. This month, members of Congress revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been running ads on Facebook and Instagram that echo white nationalist and neo-Nazi propaganda — and Meta is letting it happen.

Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Becca Balint have called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to immediately end these ad partnerships, warning that ICE and the Department of Homeland Security have spent millions pushing recruitment and “self-deportation” ads that rely on fear-mongering, racist imagery, and rhetoric long used by white nationalist movements. These ads don’t exist in a vacuum. They normalize state violence and target immigrant communities already living under threat.

Investigative reporting has shown that ICE’s messaging closely mirrors language used in extremist forums and neo-Nazi propaganda, framing immigrants as invaders and promoting mass removal as a solution. This is especially dangerous coming from a federal agency with a documented record of abuse, racial profiling, and deaths in custody.

Meta claims to enforce strict policies against hate and extremism. But those policies mean nothing if the company continues to sell ad space to an agency spreading propaganda rooted in white nationalist ideology. Meta should not be amplifying messaging that fuels racism, intimidation, and violence — especially when it directly endangers immigrant communities.

We’ve been here before. Public pressure worked when Spotify stopped running ICE ads after artists and users demanded accountability. That decision proved something critical: companies don’t have to help ICE recruit, and they can choose not to profit from harm.

Now it’s Meta’s turn.

Sign now to tell Meta: stop platforming propaganda, stop enabling ICE, and stop amplifying white nationalist messaging.