The FBI seal is seen on J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington D.C., July 12. Photo: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images
The FBI issued a statement Friday saying racist and threatening text messages sent to Black communities after the presidential election are also circulating in Hispanic and LGBTQ+ communities and reaching high school students.
The big picture: Federal and state authorities initially reported on texts containing disturbing references to slavery. That investigation has expanded to include reports of deportation threats.
Driving the news: The messages, sent in text and email, are not identical and vary in language, the FBI said.
"But many say the recipient has been selected to pick cotton on a plantation," per the agency's statement Friday regarding the text messages sent to Black communities.
The agency's evaluation of the messages has now expanded to include recipients who "reported being told they were selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp," the FBI added.
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