Kim Kardashian, Mark Ruffalo, Pedro Pascal and other celebrities raise their voice against ICE migratory raids | People
Thousands of people from California and Los Angeles have been taking to the streets for days as a protest for massive raids by the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) in predominantly Latin neighborhoods. In response, the US president, Donald Trump, mobilized more than 4,000 agents of the National Guard and 700 Marines during the weekend to contain the demonstrations, which have extended to other cities in the country such as New York. Faced with this situation, there have been several celebrities who have decided to raise it and support the Protestants. Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Pedro Pascal, Doechii, Mark Ruffalo or Eva Longoria have reacted to the current tension in Los Angeles criticizing Trump and the raids of ICE and defending the community affected by migratory policies.
“When they tell us that ICE exists to keep our country safe and to eliminate violent criminals, it’s great. But when we witness that innocent and hardworking people are being torn from their families inhumanly, we have to raise our voice. We have to do the right thing.” With these words, Kim Kardashian begins a statement with which Trump’s policies and Trump’s policies are opposed, with whom many so far presumed an approach for their meetings in the White House to discuss the reform of criminal justice. The message posted on the sixth day of protests in Instagram’s stories – where 356 million followers accumulates – of the megainfluencer And businesswoman continues like this: “By growing in Los Angeles, I have seen how deep better way. ” A few words with which the most famous of the Kardashian clan distances himself from the one who once was his ally in the liberation of people who are serving long sentences in jail.
Kardashian’s positioning in the face of the situation that the United States is living has not remained in her statement, the businesswoman and incipient actress and lawyer has shared in her Stories The speech that Doechii delivered after being awarded as the best female artist in Hip Hop during the BET Awards on June 9. The rapper raised his voice against the migratory raids of ICE and the military repression of the demonstrations. “I want to talk about what is happening outside, right now. There are ruthless attacks that are sowing fear and chaos in our communities on behalf of the law and order,” the singer began her speech at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “Trump is using military forces to suffocate a protest. We all deserve to live with hope and not with fear. I want all of you to think about what kind of government is this that, every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the army displays against us,” concluded an intervention that was received with applause.
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Mark Ruffalo is another celebrity who has spoken against ICE, in particular, and against the Trump administration, in general. The actor published last Sunday, June 8, an extensive message on his Instagram – with 19.8 million followers – in which he described the current situation of the United States as an “oligarchy” because, in his words, “that is what happens when you have people of working class persecuting the poor and other people of working class.” In his statement, written around the phrase: “You are pointing your weapons in the wrong direction,” the interpreter builds a plea against the Trump government and his antimigration narrative. In some fragments he affirms: “They want to get rid of those who collect their food, no matter who poisons their bodies with chemicals that should never be in nature. They want to expel those who facilitate their lives, but do not question those who embrugment their minds with lies and misinformation to confuse them.”
The actor continues to criticize the messages – and the actions – of hate against the immigrant community of the Republican: “Those who blame are like you. Maybe their skin is a bit different, but they love the same as you, they feel the same as you, they torment them the same concerns as you. Do not be fooled.” Ruffalo concludes with a request and a reference to the protests: “Please, we are not the ones who are killing you. Do not shoot your friends.”
Ruffalo received positive and support responses from important names from Hollywood such as Halle Berry, Marisa Tomei, Melanie Griffith and Pedro Pascal. The latter has also joined criticism against ICE and shared, the same day that Marvel actor, a video on his Instagram – where he accumulates 10.8 million followers – celebrating the diversity of the United States. In the text of the publication, the interpreter of The Last of Us He wrote: “Los Angeles. Built for the best of the US.” Added the hashtags: “We protect our protectors” and “resistance.”
Pascal has ruled several times against the deportations and raids of the Trumpist government. Highlights his speech on May 17 at the Cannes Festival: “I want people to be safe and protected, and I want to live on the right side of the story.” A few words that have been collected by Eva Longoria in their Instagram stories – with 10.6 million followers – along with other videos that explain Trump’s migratory policies.
Longoria has also described in a Post From Instagram the decision to use Marines against civilians as “anti -American” and has shared his thoughts about it: “It is so inhuman that I cannot believe that it is happening around the country. Nobody wants criminals here, but that is not what is happening. They deserve it. They are working people of my community and want to work and take care of their families. ”
Green Day leader Billie Joe Armstrong, shared a video on her Instagram account – with three million followers – from a flame car with the song Fuck offshowing their solidarity with protesters and opposing the expulsion of immigrants. For his part, the singer -songwriter O’Connell, known for being Billie Eilish’s brother and co -author of many of her successes, denounced that she was achieved by a tear gas during a peaceful protest in Los Angeles and published “Fuck Ice” (go to shit, Ice, in Spanish) in their social networks, with 4.5 million followers.
For her part, singer Kehlani, who was recently forbidden to act at Cornell University for her comments against Gaza genocide, shared with her 16.1 million followers in her Instagram stories An X message in which it was read: “I don’t care if immigrants are ‘working people’ or not. I care that they are people.”
The model and presenter Chrissy Teigen also published on her Instagram a long message urging her 41.4 million followers to protest against ICE and Trump on June 14. In his message, he reads: “Trump is behaving like a king by challenging the courts, issuing arbitrary decrees and ignoring the controls. But do you want to know something? In America we don’t have kings. On June 14 let’s send a message to Trump and the world. Power, here, belong to people.”
On Tuesday, June 10, Trump again defended his decision to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles, stating that “that city, which was once beautiful and great, would be burning in flames right now”, if he had not done so, according to The Guardian.
