# ‘This is just embarrassing dude’: Steve Hilton’s AI Recreation of Becerra’s Alleged Migrant Child Abuse Camps in California Sparks Debate > Source: > Published: 2026-08-02 11:05:31+00:00 Steve Hilton, the Republican running for [California](https://thenerdstash.com/tag/california/) governor, posted a video on X that uses AI to show what he calls Xavier Becerra’s migrant child abuse camps. He said cameras aren’t allowed inside, so the video is based on public reports and a whistleblower’s account. It ends with a link to check the claims and a note that AI made or changed it. Online, some people backed the message while others said the AI version isn’t real proof or just looks made up. The AI-generated clip appears to show a large indoor facility with rows of tents and lines of children. A man resembling Xavier Becerra confronts a woman at a computer, saying, *“Faster. We have to move faster,”* and later,* “Mister Basera, these are the 200 children connected to the same address. Do you realize how bad this is for my image?”* The woman raises concerns that *“these children are being sent to child sex traffickers”* and *“exploited for child labor,”* including a claim that *“one fourteen-year-old boy just had his arm ripped off in an industrial accident.” *Officers then remove her as she protests, *“No, please.” * The footage ends with a close-up of the man, a brief clip of the real Becerra speaking, and on-screen text directing viewers to [BecerraMigrantAbuse.com](https://BecerraMigrantAbuse.com) along with a notice that the ad was* “generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence.”* According to the post caption, the recreation is based on publicly reported allegations and whistleblower testimony because* “cameras aren’t allowed inside Becerra’s migrant child abuse camps.” *The video does not claim to be actual footage from any facility, and the specific events and dialogue depicted have not been independently confirmed as occurring exactly as shown. ## How People Are Reacting to Hilton’s AI Camp Video Some users praised its effectiveness as a message, with one writing, *“That’s an effective message. Done really well to get the message,” *and another saying, *“Good! That image will stick in voters’ minds.” * Others focused on the underlying allegations and lack of cameras, stating, *“If you’re not allowing people to take pictures or film what you’re doing with innocent children, then you are definitely abusing them. Plain and simple,” *while a further comment asked,* “Why hasn’t he been arrested?”* A separate group of replies questioned the use of AI itself. One user wrote, *“This is just embarrassing, dude. ‘We turned to AI’ is a nice way of saying ‘We made some *expletive* up’. Stop it.” * Another said,* “I support you, but this is stupid,*” and a third noted, *“I get why that simulated reenactment is alarming, but an AI video isn’t proof. What’s the actual documented source for the claim?”* The clip has become one more element in the ongoing exchange between the two candidates over Becerra’s record at HHS as the California governor’s race continues.