South Park, now in its 27th season, is renowned for satirizing American politics and culture. The White House's recent and pointed dismissal of the show as irrelevant, following an episode which parodied Trump, contrasts sharply with a federal agency now using South Park imagery for recruitment.

The Department of Homeland Security is using South Park’s depiction of ICE in an upcoming episode to promote its job openings—just days after declaring the show “irrelevant.” The show, which savagely mocked Donald Trump (and his “teeny tiny” manhood) in its premiere episode on July 23,