Americans see an ‘invasion’ at the border. But what does that mean?

In February and March, as Russia prepared to invade and then invaded Ukraine, the word “invasion” appeared on Fox News at least 2,400 times each month. As developments in the war were surpassed by other news stories, mentions of the term dropped: about 700 times in April and under 400 in May. But then last month, the word jumped back up, crossing the 400-mark once again.

Why? While CNN and MSNBC had matched Fox’s mentions of “invasion” earlier this year, they didn’t in July. What happened?

Fox News had turned its attention to a different “invasion”: the one it said was occurring at the United States border with Mexico. About half of the uses of “invasion” on Fox News occurred within the context of either the border or the word “immigration.”

This idea that the United States is facing an “invasion” of migrants has gained popularity broadly on the political right. Candidates running in Republican primaries, such as Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, are using the increased number of migrants stopped at the border over the past two years as a pitch to voters. Lake promised to issue a “declaration of invasion” should she win in November, an action with unclear policy ramifications but obvious political ones.

Americans see an ‘invasion’ at the border. But what does that mean?

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