{"id":436914,"date":"2026-01-29T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/436914\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:30:09","slug":"john-leguizamo-issues-strong-warning-to-his-own-fans-who-support-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/436914\/","title":{"rendered":"John Leguizamo issues strong warning to his own fans who support ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/john-leguizamo\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Leguizamo<\/a> has a brief but unambiguous message for his fans who support Immigration and Customs Enforcement.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;If you follow ICE, unfollow me. Don&#8217;t come to my shows and don&#8217;t watch my movies,&#8221; Leguizamo stated in a video shared to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUDilQqEbTv\/?hl=en\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> on Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Leguizamo is one among a chorus of famous voices rising against the federal immigration agency, which has been at the forefront of violent operations in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Jimmy Kimmel, who has been one of President Donald Trump&#8217;s primary targets since his brief, politically-charged <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-live-from-air-indefinitely-charlie-kirk-comments-11812433\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">removal from ABC<\/a> back in September, <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-chokes-up-over-ice-killing-alex-pretti-11893373\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called the agency &#8220;heartless&#8221;<\/a> on Tuesday. Ice-T <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ice-t-reveals-why-he-changed-controversial-line-to-protest-ice-11894781\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defended his decision<\/a> to change the infamous 1992 song &#8220;Cop Killer&#8221; by his band Body Count to &#8220;ICE Killer&#8221; on Wednesday, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m just protesting.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> ICE has been controversial in some corners ever since its establishment in 2003 amid a massive overhaul of the government&#8217;s national security apparatus in the wake of the September 11 attacks. But Trump&#8217;s ramped-up instrumentalization of ICE, fueled by a more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/21\/nx-s1-5674887\/ice-budget-funding-congress-trump\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">700 percent budget increase<\/a> since he took office last January, has alienated even more Americans from the agency&#8217;s increasingly brazen tactics.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> In the wake of the fatal shootings of American citizens Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers during operations on the streets of Minneapolis, a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/topics\/politics\/survey-results\/daily\/2026\/01\/25\/8b8cc\/4\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouGov poll<\/a>\u00a0shows that more Americans support abolishing ICE than those opposed. Nineteen percent of Republicans surveyed supported the move.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p> Gregory Bovino, the outgoing Commander of Customs and Border Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Madison Thorn\/Anadolu via Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Leguizamo has been far ahead of the curve where criticism of ICE is concerned.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> In August, the John Wick star slammed Lois &amp; Clark: The New Adventures of Superman actor Dean Cain as a <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/john-leguizamo-slams-dean-cain-over-ice-promotion-11788032\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;moron&#8221;<\/a> after he revealed his intentions to enlist as a new ICE recruit.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;What kind of loser volunteers to be an ICE officer?&#8221; he shared in another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNGd8YsMzJk\/?hl=en\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram video<\/a>. &#8220;What a moron. Dean Cain, your pronouns are has\/been.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Even before Trump&#8217;s re-election, Leguizamo <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/latino\/4600430-john-leguizamo-trump-latino-voters-daily-show\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cautioned his fellow Latinos<\/a> against voting for the former reality TV host, after a poll showed that 46 percent of surveyed Latinos said Trump would get their support over Joe Biden, primarily citing economic concerns.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Well, here&#8217;s what you can count on, though: No matter what Trump says about inflation, he doesn\u2019t like us, and he doesn\u2019t want us here,&#8221; Leguizamo said.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Leguizamo has a brief but unambiguous message for his fans who support Immigration and Customs Enforcement. &#8220;If&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-436914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}