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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Thea Felicity

Netizens Think US Government's Purchase of Domain Aliens Dot Gov is Not for Aliens, It's For Immigrants

U.S. President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed an executive order launching the Great American Recovery Initiative. It aims to coordinate a government response to drug addiction, treating substance abuse as a disease and combining public health, enforcement, and community-based recovery efforts. (Credit: DWS News / Youtube)

The US government recently registered the domain name aliens.gov, stirring online speculations about its intended purpose.

The domain was added to the official federal .gov registry on 17 March 2026 by the Executive Office of the President, according to publicly accessible domain records. As of now, no official explanation has yet been published.

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