Bad Bunny hits out at ICE “motherfuckers” after witnessing raid in Puerto Rico

Bad Bunny has hit out at ICE after seemingly witnessing a raid in Puerto Rico – see what the musician had to say below.

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Earlier this month, protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began in Los Angeles with numerous people staging a peaceful demonstration, campaigning against the department’s raids of several workplaces and deportations of countless people for alleged immigration violations.

President Donald Trump authorised the deployment of the National Guard in response, with the National Guard being allowed to carry out anti-protest operations over the next 60 days in the US.

It appears that ICE’s operations have now expanded into Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, according to a video that Bad Bunny posted onto his Instagram Story.

The video appears to show a number of ICE agents in unmarked vehicles detaining people on the streets of Avenida Pontezuela, Carolina in Puerto Rico. “Look, those motherfuckers are in these cars, RAV-4s,” Bad Bunny narrates in the clip. “They’re here in Pontezuela. Sons of bitches, instead of leaving the people alone and working there.”

Bad Bunny just posted about ICE being in Puerto Rico. This is serious pic.twitter.com/Coo2NO5Bsw

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Per a New York Times article published earlier this month, ICE investigators have estimated that Puerto Rico is housing around 20,000 illegal immigrants – 500 of whom have been arrested. It is also estimated that 75 per cent of the arrests were made on Dominican Republic nationals.

Bad Bunny is just one of many musicians speaking out against ICE. On Saturday (June 14), Olivia Rodrigo wrote about the ICE deportations on social media: “I’ve lived in LA my whole life, and I’m deeply upset about these violent deportations of my neighbors under the current administration. LA simply wouldn’t exist without immigrants.”

She continued: “Treating hardworking community members with such little respect, empathy, and due process is awful. I stand with the beautiful, diverse community of Los Angeles and with immigrants all across America. I stand for our right to freedom of speech and freedom to protest.”

Addison Rae wrote: “I’m so disappointed and disturbed by what is happening across our nation. This country could not exist without immigrants. Every human being deserves the right to exist in an environment that makes them feel safe, lovingly protected, and embraced.”

Finneas claimed he had been tear-gassed by the National Guard at a “peaceful” protest in LA earlier in the month. “Fuck ICE,” he wrote on social media about the incident. Later, he added: “If you are into this fascist shit you are small and weak and will lose.”

Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello has attended a protest against ICE too, calling on people to “defend LA”. Elsewhere, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong expressed his support by telling ICE to “fuck off”.

Elsewhere, Shakira said that she lives in “constant fear” as an immigrant in the United States. Khaby Lame, the world’s biggest TikTok star, also reportedly fled the US after being detained by ICE last week.

As for Bad Bunny himself, the rapper is scheduled for a history-making 21-show residency in his hometown of Puerto Rico between July and August this year. The first nine of the 21 shows will be only for Puerto Rico residents only; international audiences can attends from the tenth show onwards.

The rapper also recently unveiled a massive 2025/2026 world tour, which will see him visit Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Among those dates are two massive dates at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London in June 2026. Tickets to his London shows are available here; while Tickets to his Latin American, Australia, Japan and European dates can be purchased here.

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