Bad Bunny is about to affect the Super Bowl LX halftime stage in Santa Clara, however his headlining gig has drawn a controversial response from the Trump administration, which plans to deploy ICE brokers on the occasion in what it calls a crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

Corey Lewandowski, senior adviser on the Department of Homeland Security and longtime Trump ally, confirmed the transfer throughout a latest look on “The Benny Show,” citing the administration’s aggressive immigration coverage as the explanation for the operation.

“There is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else,” Lewandowski stated.

Lewandowski made it clear that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers can be at Levi’s Stadium on February 8, 2026, with orders to find and detain people with out authorized standing.

“We will find you, we will apprehend you, we will put you in a detention facility, and we will deport you,” he stated. “That is a very real situation under this administration, which is completely contrary to how it used to be.”

CONFIRMED: ICE can be lively and on-site at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl efficiency.

Trump Advisor Corey Lewandowski warns: there’s no place ICE received’t go to take away legal aliens from the US, even the Super Bowl:

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The feedback come on the heels of Bad Bunny’s previous criticism of ICE. The Puerto Rican rapper and world music star has lengthy voiced concern about immigration enforcement at public occasions and live shows.

In a latest interview with i-D magazine, he defined why he excluded the U.S. from his newest world tour.

“There was the issue of, like, f**king ICE could be outside. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” he stated. “People from the U.S. could come here to see the show. Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world.”

Bad Bunny Calls Out ICE Presence In Puerto Rico

The artist has additionally used social media to name out ICE exercise in Puerto Rico.

In a June Instagram video, he filmed brokers in unmarked SUVs and stated in Spanish, “Look, those m############ are in these cars, RAV-4s. They’re here in Pontezuela. Sons of b######, instead of leaving the people alone and working there.”

Bad Bunny has constructed his profession on championing Puerto Rican identification and advocating for marginalized teams. His outspoken stance has made him a goal for critics of immigration reform.

Super Bowl LX, hosted at Levi’s Stadium in California, is predicted to attract tens of tens of millions of viewers worldwide.

But the Trump administration’s plan to leverage the occasion for immigration enforcement marks a major escalation.

ICE has beforehand carried out raids at workplaces and neighborhood occasions, however focusing on a nationally televised sports activities spectacle can be a primary.

The Department of Homeland Security has not launched additional particulars about how the operation can be carried out or what number of brokers can be current.

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