{"id":877392,"date":"2026-10-10T11:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877392\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:18:09","slug":"danny-trejo-insists-hes-pro-immigrant-amid-daily-wire-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/877392\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Trejo Insists He’s “Pro-Immigrant” Amid Daily Wire Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDanny Trejo<\/a> has broken his silence amid backlash around his role in Daily Wire<\/a>\u2018s latest controversial production, Pawn Shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Friday, the LA-born Mexican-American actor insisted he\u2019s \u201cpro-immigrant,\u201d despite his casting in the pro-ICE<\/a> film from Ben Shapiro<\/a>\u2018s production company and Dallas Sonnier\u2019s Bonfire Legend, which has been protested by locals in Livingston, Montana, where filming has been underway.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHey everyone. I want to address some social media comments about me,\u201d wrote Trejo in a statement<\/a> on social media. \u201cMake no mistake. I am a proud Mexican who has always been and will always be a supporter of my community. I am also obviously, pro-immigrant. I am not pro-ICE. I know where I come from and I know our struggles. I am an actor. My job is to tell a story. God Bless you, Danny.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe actor\u2019s statement comes after production was temporarily suspended<\/a> last weekend, resuming with a revised film permit<\/a> on Tuesday, requiring the crew to ensure food pantry access for locals to the Livingston Food Resource Center, and shielding the public both from the shooting of violent scenes, as well as from noise. The production also agreed to address backlash to their use of private security, ensuring there would be no policing or harassing of locals on nearby public streets.<\/p>\n

\n\tShapiro decried the suspension<\/a> as \u201ca violation of the First Amendment,\u201d calling the film\u2019s critics \u201ccensorious jackasses\u201d who oppose free speech.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince filming began, locals have protested<\/a> the alleged use of blank gunshots, pyrotechnics and a staged car wreck without properly notifying residents and businesses, as well as its opening scene, which appears to dramatize ICE\u2019s fatal shooting of Ren\u00e9e Good<\/a> in Minnesota back in January.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Rust producer Carter Boehm serving on the production team, the latest collaboration between Bonfire Legend and Daily Wire comes after their last film, Run Hide Fight: Infidels, was picketed by IATSE<\/a>. Several crew members walked off over labor issues in South Carolina, shortly before Jonathan Majors was involved in an on-set accident<\/a> that resulted in his co-star JC Kilcoyne needing stitches \u201call over his hands\u201d after falling through a window.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline has confirmed that the Pawn Shop production is not under an IATSE contract either, while it is under a \u201cconditional start\u201d with SAG-AFTRA.<\/p>\n

Daily Wire’s new pro-ICE movie production has attracted local protesters in Livingston, Montana.<\/p>\n

Filming under the working title ‘Pawn Shop’, the latest project from Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire and Dallas Sonnier’s Bonfire Legend has upset locals \u2014 not just because of its alleged\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/LBCQh4rEkh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Deadline (@DEADLINE) October 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThe synopsis for Pawn Shop reads: \u201cWhen chaos hits the streets of Minneapolis, a young federal agent is left alone after his partner is seriously hurt and must find a way to survive an increasingly dangerous situation. Seeking shelter inside a neighborhood pawn shop, he becomes trapped with a traditional Hispanic father and his progressive college-age son, forcing three very different men to confront fear, conflicting beliefs and a crisis that tests their courage and humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to Trejo, the cast includes Harvey Keitel and Henry Thomas.<\/p>\n