Longtime Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski said Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would be deployed at the 2026 Super Bowl following the announcement that singer Bad Bunny is scheduled to headline the halftime show.
“There is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally,” Lewandowski said on “The Benny Show.” “Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else. We will find you and apprehend you and put you in a detention facility and deport you. Know that is a very real situation under this administration, which is contrary to how it used to be.”
Bad Bunny, a three-time Grammy Award winner, has been an outspoken critic of ICE operations. He omitted U.S. stops from his most recent tour, citing concerns that fans could risk detention by immigration authorities at his concerts.
“But there was the issue of — like, f—ing ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” he told i-D last month.
Lewandowski, who advises the Department of Homeland Security, also criticized the NFL for choosing Bad Bunny as the halftime show performer, describing the artist as a polarizing figure.
