Let’s be clear: Unless you have specific permission to use someone’s song in something you created, it’s illegal. Full stop. That’s copyright infringement, You need a license. And you’d think that the US Government would know this. After all, there’s a branch of the federal bureaucracy that deals specifically with the enforcement of copyright.
But the goons running ICE who are busy arresting, detaining, and deporting Americans with a tan? Pfft. “We’re ICE! We’re part of Homeland Security! WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT!”
Robert Smith and the Cure has entered the chat.
Homeland Security posted a video on social that imagines “life after all the criminal aliens are deported” featuring the hit “Friday I’m in Love.” The video shows archival footage of Donald Trump from the 1980s plus clips from Twin Peaks, the NBA and NASCAR, and a bunch of other random Everything is captioned with. “The future is bright.” It appeared October 2,
Robert Smith and his team demanded that the Xitter clip be taken down on copyright infringement grounds, It has since been taken down under the DMCA.
The future is bright. pic.twitter.com/fUS9Jvfl8G
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 2, 2025
This isn’t the first time DHS had done sh*t like this. Jay-Z went the department for using his track “Public Service Announcement” for an ICE recruitment video. Country singer Zach Brown got trolled by DHS when he released a clip of what appeared to be an anti-ICE song, Even the company behind Pokémon got pissed when their creatures and theme song in another social media post,
This won’t be the last time we hear a story like this. Trust me.