Noem responds to Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish bashing ICE at Grammys: 'I wish they knew'

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Noem responds to Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish bashing ICE at Grammys: 'I wish they knew'

Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish used Grammy stage to criticize Trump administration's immigration enforcement

Preston Mizell

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February 3, 2026 10:43am EST

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Kristi Noem reacts to Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, other celebs bashing ICE at Grammys

Sec. Noem spoke with Fox News Digital about the music awards show, saying celebrities don't realize the positive impacts operations make in their respective communities.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke out after Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and other celebrities bashed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Grammy Awards, telling Fox News Digital that their criticism is "ill-informed."

"I wish they knew what wonderful, amazing people our ICE officers are. Many of these officers live in these communities where they are doing enforcement activities," Noem told Fox News Digital during an interview at a Mississippi National Guard facility in Tupelo on Monday. The secretary was visiting the governor, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials and military members in the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern.

"Their families live there and that’s their neighbors they are protecting by getting dangerous criminals off the streets. They are going after those murderers and rapists, people that are trafficking drugs, and protecting America," Noem continued.

"That is what President Trump said he would do, he said he would make us safer, and he has done that. We have reached historic lows in crime rates in this country, the lowest rate of murder and crime since we have been recording it for over 100 years," Noem also told Fox News Digital. "So it's real results, people are feeling it in their communities, and it’s too bad that ill-informed famous musicians make statements like that without truly knowing what great Americans our ICE and Border Patrol officers are."

MUSIC'S BIGGEST STARS PROTEST ICE AT GRAMMY AWARDS

Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and Kristi Noem

Bad Bunny, left, and Billie Eilish, center, at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy; Alex Brandon/Getty Images)

Pop star Billie Eilish was among several celebrities who used the stage at Sunday’s Grammy Awards to criticize the Trump administration and ICE.

"No one is illegal on stolen land," Eilish said while accepting the Grammy for Song of the Year. "I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting. Our voices really do matter, and the people matter."

"And f--- ICE, that's all I'm gonna say, sorry," she added.

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Bad Bunny accepts the award for Album of the Year for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Wearing an "ICE OUT" pin, Eilish also emphasized the urgency of continued activism during her remarks.

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny also took direct aim at ICE during his Grammy acceptance speech, using the moment to denounce the agency and defend immigrants’ humanity.

SZA and Billie Eilish with Grammy Awards. Both artists criticized ICE on Sunday. (Left (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images), Right (Julian Hamilton/WireImage))

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"ICE out," Bad Bunny said while accepting the Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album. "We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens — we are humans, and we are Americans."

Fox News Digital’s Nora Moriarty contributed to this report.

Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.

Noem responds to Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish bashing ICE at Grammys: 'I wish they knew'