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 will probably be there.
Noem instructed conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that ICE “will probably 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 except you’re a law-abiding American citizen,” she mentioned.
The White Home had additionally chosen to not touch upon the NFL’s determination to have the Puerto Rican artist carry out, which Noem does reply to on this interview.
“The NFL sucks and we’ll win,” Noem mentioned. “They’re so weak. We are going to stand for America. They gained’t be capable to sleep at evening. We’ll repair it…”
Unhealthy Bunny shocked 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, instructed i-D journal in an interview that the specter of ICE was a think about his determination to not tour within the continental United States. As a substitute, the artist held a 31-show residency in Puerto Rico referred to 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 the explanation why I didn’t present up within the US, and none of them have been out of hate—I’ve carried out there many occasions. All of [the shows] have been profitable,” he mentioned to i-D. “However there was the difficulty of—like, fucking ICE may very well be outdoors [my concert]. And it’s one thing that we have 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 mentioned 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 that you could present protected haven to individuals on this nation illegally. Not the Tremendous Bowl and nowhere else. We are going to discover you. We are going to apprehend you. We are going to put you in a detention facility, and we are going to deport you. So know that may be a very actual state of affairs beneath this administration,” Lewandowski mentioned on a podcast on Wednesday.
Unhealthy Bunny is ready to carry out on the Tremendous Bowl on February 8 in Santa Clara, California.
