Cardi B Quickly Clocks DHS After Saying She’d ‘Jump’ ICE Agents
- Cardi B vows to protect her Latino fans from ICE at her concert
- DHS criticizes Cardi for past behavior, but she shifts focus to Epstein case
- Data shows that many ICE arrests target those without criminal records
Cardi B doesn't play around when it comes to online beef, but we already knew that!
During the opening night of her Little Miss Drama tour, Cardi gave multiple shoutouts to her Latin heritage, which comes on the heels of her appearance during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show.
While standing in front of the audience in Palm Desert, California, the rapper addressed her fans in a now viral moment, assuring the people in her audience that she wants them all to be safe. Performing in an orange sequined outfit, she told the audience: “When ICE comes in here we jump, them asses… I got some bear foot in the back. They ain't take my fans, bitch. Let's go!” before singing her hit, “I Like It.”
While fans praised Cardi for standing up for her – a stark contrast from her longtime nemesis, Nicki Minajand her recent antics – The comments drew some negative attention from the United States Department of Homeland Security. She reposted a tweet from TMZ report on the moment and answered.by bringing up the star's past.
“As long as she doesn't drug and rob our agents, we will consider that an improvement on her past behavior,” DHS wrote in its response, referring to Cardi's previous admission that she drug and robbed men before she became famous.
In true Cardi B fashion, the Grammy winner didn't hold back her answer.
“When we talk about drugs, let's talk about Epstein and friends drugging underage girls to rape them. Why don't you want to talk about the Epstein files?” she wrote on X, pointing to the controversy surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the ongoing public scrutiny over newly released documents.
Per PeopleThe University of California, Berkeley's Deportation Data Project recently obtained data on nearly 220,000 people arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement between the day Trump took office for his second term and October 15, 2025.
That data, which was compiled by an internal ICE office and made public in a lawsuit against the agency, showed that nearly a third of those arrested in that time frame had no criminal record. As for those with past convictions, the data does not distinguish between minor offenses and violent crimes.
With those statistics in mind, it's not hard to believe that ICE agents could arbitrarily detain people at Cardi B – or any Latino artist's show, just for existing.
