As the holiday season unfolds at the White House, the Trump administration has released an unusual AI-generated video featuring the president reciting a ‘naughty list’ of individuals deported this year.
The video, which spans nearly 18 hours and employs artificial intelligence, depicts Donald Trump in a festive setting, complete with a Christmas tree, cookies, milk, and a fireplace, as he reads from a peculiar list titled ‘Naughty List: Criminal Illegal Aliens’.
This video, a surreal take on the popular “Lo-Fi hip hop beats to study to” YouTube mixes, showcases Trump listing the names of thousands deported from the U.S. over the past year, along with the crimes they were reportedly associated with.
Streamed live on December 23, the video is presented by the official White House account under the title “BREAKING: Santa’s Naughty List — the WORST of the worst, Lo-fi edition. No coal. Just deportation.”
Accompanying the video, the White House account provided a link to a list of roughly 15,000 individuals deported in 2025, alongside their mugshots and alleged crimes, including charges related to illegal entry into the U.S.
The link, far from festive, purports to display ‘Child molesters. Rapists. Murderers’ who have been expelled. It further claims: “These are just a few of the scumbags here illegally who we have arrested thanks to President Trump.”
This is not the sole AI-crafted Christmas video released by the administration this year. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has also shared a peculiar video portraying Santa as a gun-toting immigration officer.
This slightly irreverent video shows Santa in his usual attire, but with an ICE-branded bulletproof vest filled with ammunition. It later depicts Santa arresting a suspect and processing him in a detention area.
In the video, Santa checks a list as individuals board a plane marked with ‘ICE AIR’.
The video includes the caption: “AVOID ICE AIR AND SANTA’S NAUGHTY LIST! Self-deport today with the CBP Home app, earn $3,000 and spend Christmas at home with loved ones.
AVOID ICE AIR AND SANTA’S NAUGHTY LIST!
Self-deport today with the CBP Home app, earn $3,000 and spend Christmas at home with loved ones.
Holiday incentive is valid through the end of 2025. pic.twitter.com/v80QAaKquD
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) December 22, 2025
“Holiday incentive is valid through the end of 2025.”
This $3,000 ‘self-deportation’ incentive has been increased threefold for the holiday period as part of a promotional effort by border authorities, allowing immigrants to apply through the same CBP Home app permitted by the Biden administration for entry.
The Santa deportation video concludes a year marked by government figures utilizing AI, parody, and alleged copyright infringements on social media to communicate their message, including the unauthorized use of music by Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter.
In response, Carpenter criticized the administration, stating: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”