Bad Bunny didn\u2019t include the United States in his latest tour out of fear that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would raid the concert venues.<\/p>\n
Now it looks like ICE agents will come to the only stage where the Puerto Rican hitmaker will perform in the country next year: Super Bowl LX.<\/p>\n
Three days after the NFL announced that Bad Bunny will headline the Feb. 8 halftime show<\/a> at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., a Trump administration official said ICE agents will also be at one of the biggest sporting events in the world.<\/p>\n Corey Lewandowski, chief adviser to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, appeared on \u201cThe Benny Show<\/a>\u201d on Wednesday, and conservative podcaster Benny Johnson asked him if ICE would have enforcement at the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else,\u201d Lewandowski said. \u201cWe will find you. We will apprehend you. We will put you in a detention facility, and we will deport you. So know that that is a very real situation under this administration, which is completely contrary to how it used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson responded to The Athletic via email Thursday, saying, \u201cThere is no safe haven for violent criminal illegal aliens in the United States.\u201d DHS did not answer what ICE\u2019s plans were for the Super Bowl, if it planned to be in the parking lot and\/or inside the stadium, and if it would check the IDs of fans and workers.<\/p>\n The NFL did not respond to The Athletic\u2019s request for comment. The Bay Area Host Committee, a nonprofit focused on bringing major global sporting events to the region, which will help coordinate Super Bowl LX, also didn\u2019t respond.<\/p>\n When Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl\u2019s halftime act, Bay Area Host Committee president and CEO Zaileen Janmohamed released a statement expressing excitement over the choice, adding, \u201cWe are confident that Bad Bunny will deliver an unforgettable experience for fans in Levi\u2019s Stadium and watching globally. This selection further amplifies the Bay Area\u2019s position as a premier destination for world-class events, and we look forward to a spectacular show that showcases the unique spirit and diversity of our region.\u201d<\/p>\n On the podcast, Lewandowski criticized the NFL\u2019s decision to have Bad Bunny \u2014 a three-time Grammy Award winner who released his latest album, \u201cDeb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos,\u201d in January \u2014 perform at the Super Bowl. Bad Bunny will be the first Latin male to headline the halftime show.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s so shameful that they\u2019ve decided to pick somebody who just seems to hate America so much to represent them at the halftime (show),\u201d said Lewandowski, whom President Trump appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council in June. \u201cI was at the Super Bowl [earlier this] year with President Trump. I had the chance to be in Louisiana in his box and watch the game, and got to enjoy that.<\/p>\n \u201cBut listen, we should be trying to be inclusive and not exclusive. There are plenty of great bands and entertainment people out there who could be playing at that show that would be bringing people together and not separating them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf there are illegal aliens, I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s (at) a concert for Johnny Smith or Bad Bunny or anybody else, we\u2019re going to do enforcement everywhere because we are going to make Americans safe. That is a directive from the president,\u201d Lewandowski added. \u201cIf you\u2019re in this country illegally, do yourself a favor: Go home. We\u2019ll buy you the plane ticket. Get out of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n Super Bowl LX. \u2014 Benito Antonio (@sanbenito) September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Mart\u00ednez Ocasio, has been critical of the ICE raids<\/a>, which have also taken place in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated U.S. territory. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n In June, Bad Bunny posted a video on his Instagram stories, calling ICE agents in Toyota RAV4s \u201csons of b\u2014\u2014\u201d in Spanish because they weren\u2019t \u201cleaving the people alone working there\u201d while they detained them. The artist then told i-D magazine<\/a> he decided to leave the U.S. off his tour out of concern about the mass deportations of Latinos.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was the issue of \u2014 like, f\u2014ing ICE could be outside (my concert),\u201d he said, \u201cand it\u2019s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.\u201d<\/p>\n (Photo: Gladys Vega \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n
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