Kristi Noem lashes out at âill-informedâ musicians who slammed ICE at the Grammy Awards
Billie Eilish and Bad Bunny both criticized ICE while accepting their awards at the Grammys
Kristi Noem is clapping back at celebrities who used the Grammys stage to denounce ICE.
Several musicians publicly criticized the Trump Administration and ICE when they took the stage to accept Grammy Awards at Sundayâs ceremony. Billie Eilish said that âno one is illegal on stolen land,â while Bad Bunny said: âICE OUT.â Multiple attendees also wore white âICE OUTâ pins, echoing calls that have occurred in the aftermath of the deadly Minneapolis shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at the hands of ICE and Border Patrol agents.
Noem, who has ICE under her purview as Homeland Security Secretary, has now responded, telling Fox News Digital: âI wish they knew what wonderful, amazing people our ICE officers are. Many of these officers live in these communities where they are doing enforcement activities.â
âTheir families live there and thatâs their neighbors they are protecting by getting dangerous criminals off the streets,â Noem continued. âThey are going after those murderers and rapists, people that are trafficking drugs, and protecting America. That is what President Trump said he would do, he said he would make us safer, and he has done that.
âWe have reached historic lows in crime rates in this country, the lowest rate of murder and crime since we have been recording it for over 100 years. So it’s real results, people are feeling it in their communities, and itâs too bad that ill-informed famous musicians make statements like that without truly knowing what great Americans our ICE and Border Patrol officers are.â

Bad Bunny â whose upcoming Super Bowl halftime show has ignited significant MAGA backlash â received a massive standing ovation when he started his acceptance speech for the Best MĂşsica Urbana Album by saying, âBefore I say thanks to God, Iâm gonna say ICE OUT.â
âWeâre not savages, weâre not animals, weâre not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans,â the singer said. âThe only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. If we fight, we have to do it with love. We don’t hate them. We love our people, we love our family, and that’s the way to do itâwith love. Don’t forget that, please.â
While accepting her award for Song of the Year later in the evening, Eilish said: âNo one is illegal on stolen land,â before concluding: âf*** ICE.â
In addition to wearing a pin on the red carpet, Kehlani slammed Trumpâs immigration efforts in a statement on the red carpet.
âI wanted to say f*** ICE,â Kehlani told The Hollywood Reporter. âBut I think they needed some couth on the carpet or something. I’m a little couthless ruthless. I think everybody â weâre too powerful of a group to all be in a room at the same time and not make some kind of statement in our country, so itâs brainless to me.â



