Donald Trump’s crackdown on deportations has sparked intense national debate and turmoil. The administration’s purportedly contentious arrest and detention practices have been the subject of constant criticism. Numerous detractors have called the arrest procedure cruel and brutal. The most recent critique comes from Ice Cube, also known as American musician O Shea Jackson Sr.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was criticized by the rapper for their oppressive methods. He even claimed that immigrant populations were being traumatized by the department.
Ice Cube has voiced his sympathy and concern for the migrant families that ICE has targeted in an interview with REAL 92.3 LA Interview. He remarked, “It’s like, man, you’re just going overboard when you see people treated disrespectfully like that and the federal government acting so oppressively, attending weddings and churches and dragging people out of schools.”
Ice Cube on ICE raids: Witnessing such disdain for others is painful. It’s depressing, guy, and I’m eager for this phase to end. Seeing people pulled from their places of safety is absurd. Man, nobody is safe. Who they grab doesn’t matter to them. They wish to cause trauma to others.tweet.com/QYnIzZkoCF
August 10, 2025, Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_)
No one is safe. Who they grab doesn’t matter to them. The rapper continued simply, “They also want to traumatize people.”
56 years old ICE Cube added that he is eager for Trump’s second term to come to an end. I’m eager for this phase to end. He was heard stating in the uncensored conversation, “It’s crazy to see people dragged out of their spots of refuge.”
Not just ICE Cube has expressed his disapproval of ICE’s contentious arrest practices. In June of this year, rock musician and composer Bruce Springsteen referred to Donald Trump as an idiot.
The 75-year-old artist stated in an interview with The New York Times, “And while I can’t believe it was this moron that came along, he fit the bill for some people.” However, for the past seventy days, we have all stated, “This can’t happen here.” America will never experience this. And now we are.
Springsteen recalled his time in California and the rich migrant culture of the state as he watched protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown in June in Los Angeles. “There was obviously a large migrant culture when I went to California,” he told the portal. I was curious about its past because I believed that this was the direction that the United States was headed in.
America is now home to towns that have welcomed immigrants and migratory workers. “I find what’s happening right now to be disgusting and a terrible tragedy,” he added. We’ve been democratic for a long time. As a country, we have no history of autocracy. It’s essentially democratic, and I think that will eventually come up and things will turn around. In his tirade, the New Jersey native concluded, “Let’s hope.”
Bruce Springsteen exposes the hatred and division of the Trump administration, calling it a nightmare. But where was this fire when Obama jailed children, let Wall Street go wild, and rained drones abroad? Bruce, why talk now and keep quiet later?
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May 21, 2025, Russell Brand (@rustyrockets)
Over the last seven months, thousands of migrants have been forcibly held by ICE. Adults and children with uncommon diseases have been held and refused access to medical care, and mothers have been removed from their toddlers. The father of three marine brothers was jailed after being punched down. The administration has been accused of improper deportation on numerous occasions.
However, the administration has ignored criticism and retaliation.
