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The Pokémon Company has issued an official response to the use of its intellectual property in a video shared by the US Department of Homeland Security to social media earlier this week, confirming that it had no involvement in the controversial post.

The video depicts footage of US officials, including members of Border Patrol squads and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), conducting raids and arrests, set to and captioned with the original Pokémon anime theme song, " Gotta Catch 'Em All ." It was posted on the department's official X (formerly Twitter) page on September 22, immediately drawing ire from Pokémon fans - many of whom called

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