“I will end the practice of catch and release.
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“And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.”
Since then, ICE have stormed Los Angeles and Minneapolis, causing widespread protests in the states of California and Minnesota and resulted in the deaths of an unknown number of people.The ICE death toll is at minimum 32 people, including Keith Porter, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were all shot by ICE or Border Patrol agents.
It’s no wonder why celebrities and people alike are using whatever platform they have to speak out against the shocking, ongoing events – and that didn’t stop at the Grammys.
Kehlani
During her speech for her Best R&B Performance Grammy win, Kehlani wore an ‘ICE OUT’ pin and made her feelings on the situation known.
“Everybody is so powerful in this room and in this room later, together we’re stronger in numbers to speak against the injustice going on in the world right now. So instead of letting it be just a couple of you here and there, I hope everyone’s inspired to join together as a community of artists and speak out against what is going on and imma leave this and say ‘f*ck ICE.’”
Kehlani was one of the first to make headlines for her speech against ICE. (Myung J. Chun / Contributor / Getty)
Kehlani was one of the first to make headlines for her speech against ICE. (Myung J. Chun / Contributor / Getty)
Shaboozey
Shaboozey won the award for Best Country Duo for his song ‘Amen’ with Jelly Roll. In his speech, he took time to highlight the importance of immigrants, sharing how his mom is one and how immigrants give the US ‘color’.
