Ice Cube referred to as out federal immigration authorities for what he described as aggressive and dehumanizing ways throughout current raids in Los Angeles concentrating on immigrant communities.

The Hip-Hop icon voiced his outrage throughout an look on REAL 92.3 LA’s The Cruz Show, the place he criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for storming locations of worship, colleges and household occasions.

“To see people disrespected like that, and federal government just being too heavy-handed and disrespectful, going to churches and weddings and grabbing people out of those schools,” he stated. “It’s like, ‘Come on man, y’all just overdoing it.’”

The interview, posted Friday (August 7), got here simply sooner or later after Border Patrol brokers reportedly leapt from a rented truck and detained people exterior a Home Depot in Los Angeles. The operation, referred to by one official as “Operation Trojan Horse,” has drawn backlash from civil rights teams and native leaders.

“It hurts, because it’s all kind of different situations been going around, as far as immigration,” Cube stated. “Nobody’s safe, man. They don’t care who they grab. It’s sad. They come in and disrespect everybody. They want to traumatize people, too.”

The N.W.A legend didn’t maintain again when describing the emotional toll these raids are having on the area’s Latino inhabitants. “It’s just sad, man,” he added. “I can’t wait ’til this period is over. I don’t know how we’re going to get to the end, but it’s crazy to see people dragged out of their spots of refuge.”

Tensions in Los Angeles have been rising since June, when protests erupted in response to Donald Trump’s mass deportation push. The administration deployed the National Guard to help ICE in its enforcement efforts throughout town. Despite a federal choose’s order—upheld by a federal appeals court docket—blocking indiscriminate arrests, raids have continued.

Cube joins a rising checklist of artists talking out towards the immigration crackdown, together with Tyler, The Creator, Olivia Rodrigo, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Kehlani.

ICE has ramped up operations in Southern California in current months, typically concentrating on areas the place undocumented people are more likely to collect. According to native reviews, brokers have performed arrests exterior colleges, workplaces and even throughout non secular ceremonies. Community advocates have accused the company of utilizing intimidation ways to instill worry, even amongst authorized residents.

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