A US citizen in Minnesota was temporarily detained by Border Patrol agents who questioned his citizenship because of his accent, raising concerns about profiling and enforcement practices amid broader federal immigration operations.
“Flood the zone” is a political strategy in which a political figure aims to gain media attention, disorient opponents and distract the public from undesirable reports by rapidly forwarding large volumes of newsworthy information to the media.[1][2][3][4] The strategy has been attributed to U.S. president Donald Trump’s former chief political strategist Steve Bannon.[4][5][6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_the_zone