White House branded 'disgusting' for using Jet2 holiday sound in ICE video

A Jet2 voiceover for a holiday advert has been used by theWhite Houseto mock migrants being deported from the United States.

Footage was shown of handcuffed people being taken by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials onto a GlobalX flight - an airline provider used by the American authorities. And along with a familiar jig for British viewers of a Jet2 advert, the post is captioned: “When ICE books you a one-way Jet2 holiday to deportation. Nothing beats it!” It was immediately blasted as “disgusting” by social media users and is just the latest provocative social media post by the Trump administration.

The video showed migrants in shackles making their way onto deportation flights and while the faces of the ICE agents were blurred out, those of the immigrants, many of whom looked dejectedly at the ground, were clear. The cameraperson even worked to get their faces in the shots. It comes after Donald Trump was seen with a mystery mark in Scotland after his chronic health diagnosis.

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"Our country is an embarrassment posting s*** like this," one social media user wrote. "There is no bigger a****** on this site than this account," another added.

“Further proof that the world ended and we’re just living in a simulation. The ACTUAL White House account hopping on the Jet2 trend to poke fun at deportees is mind blowing,” read a further comment.

And another followed: “The White House make me sick using the Jet2 sound for an ICE deportation video. How can any decent human being support this?”

One person simply wrote, "Disgusting," while another agreed: "You'd have to be a complete moron to find this acceptable on an official WH account. Just another reason why MAGA isn't credible."

Another appeared to support President Donald Trump's efforts to deport undocumented immigrants, but they slammed the way he promoted his policies. "This is shameful," that user wrote. "Enforce the law, don't flaunt misery in our faces like it is some accomplishment. Have some respect and human decency ffs."

Trump recently signed into law his flagship "big, beautiful bill," which includes a provision that sets aside $170 billion for border and immigration enforcement - including $45 billion (£33.9 billion) for detention.

The number of illegal border crossings into the US has plunged, however. ICE is expected to see its budget grow by $76.5 billion (£57.6 billion) over the next five years, which is nearly 10 times its current annual budget. Trump vowed to deport millions of immigrants living in the US illegally, but his efforts have been slower than he seems to want.

The Jet2 holiday advert is from 2022 and it features Jess Glynne's 2015 single, Hold My Hand, as well as a voice-over by actress Zoe Lister. "Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday!" she cheerily says in the clip before going on to detail the benefits of the particular package the clip is advertising.

And Jess Glynne herself was quick to blast the latest use of her song on Instagram: “This post honestly makes me sick. My music is about love, unity, and spreading positivity - never about division or hate." While Zoe Lister asked her followers on her story, “What can be done about the White House using Jet2’s sound and my voiceover to promote their nasty agenda?”