As Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues its violent siege in Minnesota and across the U.S., Lady Gaga paused her show in Tokyo on Thursday to speak out against the federal immigration raids. “I want to take a second to talk about something that’s extremely important to me — something important to people all over the world, and especially in America right now,” Gaga told the crowd. “My heart is aching thinking about the people, the children, the families, all over America who are being mercilessly targeted by ICE. I’m thinking about all of their pain, and how their lives are being destroyed right in front of us.”
Lady Gaga condemns ICE in heartfelt speech at the MAYHEM Ball in Tokyo tonight:
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“When entire communities lose their sense of safety and belonging, it breaks something in all of us,” Gaga continued. “I hope that you’ll all stand with us tonight. I know we’re not in America right now, but we are with our community, and we love you.” She went on to dedicate one of her songs, “Come to Mama,” to “everyone who is suffering, to everyone who’s feeling alone and helpless, anyone who’s lost a loved one and is having a difficult time — an impossible time — seeing when the end will be near.”
“We need to get back to a place of safety and peace and accountability,” she added. “Good people shouldn’t have to fight so hard and risk their lives for well-being and respect. And I hope our leaders are listening. I hope you’re listening to us ask you to change your course of action swiftly and have mercy on everyone in our country.”
Lady Gaga is far from the only celebrity openly criticizing ICE as the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown elicits widespread pushback throughout the U.S. Martha Stewart, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Eva Longoria, Natalie Portman, and a slew of other public figures have voiced their concerns for the state of the country and encouraged fans to protest and call their senators. “I am disheartened and sad each and every day that we cannot demonstrate our sympathy for the beleaguered,” Stewart wrote in an Instagram post on Monday, “that we are told immigrants, which most of us are or descended from, are unwelcome, that we cannot show our frustration in peaceful demonstration, and that we can be attacked and even killed by Federal troops.”
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