The Division of Well being Secretary Kristi Noem has weighed in on the NFL’s announcement that Unhealthy Bunny will carry out on the Tremendous Bowl halftime present, and confirmed immigration brokers shall be there.
Noem informed conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that ICE “shall be throughout that place.” Till now, the Trump Administration had not confirmed that ICE can be current on the Tremendous Bowl.
“We’re going to implement the legislation. You shouldn’t be coming to the Tremendous Bowl until you’re a law-abiding American citizen,” she stated.
The White Home had additionally chosen to not touch upon the NFL’s choice to have the Puerto Rican artist carry out, which Noem does reply to on this interview.
“The NFL sucks and we’ll win,” Noem stated. “They’re so weak. We’ll stand for America. They gained’t be capable to sleep at night time. We’ll repair it…”
Unhealthy Bunny stunned many with the announcement that he can be performing on the halftime present. The Puerto Rican popstar, whose actual title is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, informed i-D journal in an interview that the specter of ICE was a consider his choice to not tour within the continental United States. As an alternative, the artist held a 31-show residency in Puerto Rico known as “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí” this summer season and is continuous with a global tour in November, beginning within the Dominican Republic.
“There have been many explanation why I didn’t present up within the US, and none of them had been out of hate—I’ve carried out there many instances. All of [the shows] have been profitable,” he stated to i-D. “However there was the difficulty of—like, fucking ICE might be outdoors [my concert]. And it’s one thing that we had been speaking about and really involved about.”
The Trump administration at first declined to touch upon Unhealthy Bunny’s efficiency announcement. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated in a press convention on Friday that she wouldn’t “reveal” the president’s ideas, and that there was “no tangible plan” for ICE to be on the Tremendous Bowl. However Homeland Safety advisor Corey Lewandowski threatened ICE’s presence on the main occasion earlier this week.
“There’s nowhere which you could present protected haven to folks on this nation illegally. Not the Tremendous Bowl and nowhere else. We’ll discover you. We’ll apprehend you. We’ll put you in a detention facility, and we are going to deport you. So know that could be a very actual state of affairs below this administration,” Lewandowski stated on a podcast on Wednesday.
Unhealthy Bunny is about to carry out on the Tremendous Bowl on February 8 in Santa Clara, California.
